also helps that i logged out from tw***er yesterday and chose to ignore everything regarding independence day lmao (i did check some news articles and yep, the streets still had those ugly n2zis. at least people showed up for the counter protests)

If you're looking for more reasons to leave Spotify and a summary of the reasonable alternatives out there here's a great writeup about both audioservices.studio/blog/how-to-...

Honorable mention to buying an mp3 player and being intentional with your music instead of letting algorithms curate it.

2/3 And what happens if and when there is no alternative to the program? What about the people who need it? What good is the money if we are letting people fall between the cracks.