Unsubscribing from Spotify
Not that I'm a musician or helped produce music on the platform. Last month, I got an email with mentioning some changes in policies and increase in monthly fees, we thought about unsubscribing.
What hasted this decision was the dissatisfaction of indie artists with the platform.
So I'm led to believe that the price increase is just for Spotify to gain more profit without paying its music contributors.
Besides, I'm a lazy listener these days, and I only listen to music when I go for a drive.
Will be giving YouTube Music a try. Otherwise, I'm going back to my 2000s and start downloading MP3s.
Edited as of Dec 2025: Subscribed to YouTube Premium instead, works just fine for me. My wife is still getting used to the UI. I admit that it's not as algorithmic as Spotify's, which she truly appreciates. She'll give YT music a chance until the end of the year. We'll consider Spotify again after.
Update as of Apr 2026: We're still subscribed to YouTube Premium, it's been better and we no longer have the reason to re-subscribe to Spotify.