Having already made headlines in recent years for not paying artists, laying off its own workforce, and supporting the genocide in Palestine, Spotify was once again in the news this week for shitty reasons, particularly because the company is about to roll out a macabre AI-powered remix/cover feature.
Giving up Spotify was a dark experience to say the least
It’s bad there
The best time and reason to ditch Spotify was when other things were revealed. The second best time is today, so in the spirit of telling this company to trash it, here’s a guide to leaving Spotify and, more importantly, getting your music elsewhere.
1) Choose the competitor you want to use instead. If you want to stop streaming altogether, purchasing albums directly from Bandcamp is a great way to directly support an artist. If you can’t shake your addiction to streaming catalogs, there are plenty of alternatives like Tidal, Apple Music, and Qobuz. I wouldn’t recommend Amazon or YouTube Music for reasons both obvious (both companies suck) and technical (they’re bad apps and YT Music has terrible sound quality).
2) If your new service directly supports it (Apple Music on iOS does, for example), you can sometimes just transfer your Spotify library directly. If not, you can use a service like Free your music Or TuneMyMusicwhich may cost you a few dollars, but overall it is worth the investment. These tools will do their best (and from experience, they are very good) to move your entire library, playlists and everything from Spotify to your new platform of choice.
If you’ve also been listening to podcasts on Spotify, most competitors will also offer podcasts in their music app, but if they don’t (Android users can’t use Apple Podcasts, for example), Pocket Casts is a perfectly feasible solution.
3) Once your library is transferred, delete your Spotify account, then block their email addresses, because after a few weeks they will start sending you pathetic offers like this:
4) That’s it. What, were you expecting a long, drawn out 2000 word guide? It’s extremely easy to quit Spotify while keeping your library intact, and you don’t owe this company any of that shit. What are you waiting for.
Gn tech
