New Bands for Old Heads

New Bands for Old Heads

I Stopped Paying for Spotify... Now I Might Go Crawling Back

Is it possible to use an inherently evil platform to do some good?

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Gabbie
Jan 18, 2025
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Hate the Game, Not the Player

People in my comments love to tell me that regardless of any nuance I introduce to the topic, if I (or any of my readers, for that matter) use Spotify at all, it means I simply do not care about artists — full stop.

One time when I mentioned that I would be getting rid of my Spotify subscription, but that I wouldn’t outright decry anyone who doesn’t follow suit, somebody responded with “OK, Streamer.”

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