Why?
• They don't pay musicians
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/confirmed-next-year-tracks-on-spotify-1000-plays/
• They fund right wing extremist podcasters
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/spotify-paid-100m-to-podcasts-including-joe-rogan-alex-cooper.html
• They harvest gobs of your data and sell it to AI providers
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/spotify-peeved-after-10000-users-sold-data-to-build-ai-tools/
• They literally run racist ICE recruiting ads!
https://www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-says-ice-ads-about-dangerous-illegals-dont-violate-advertising-policy-3900838
• They steer listeners to nonexistent AI artists.
https://www.aimusicpreneur.com/ai-music-news/the-velvet-sundown-ai-artist-spotify/
Using Spotify is morally bankrupt at this point.