spotify never should have taken off in a world where removable storage and piracy already existed

first and foremost i am here to amuse myself
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i love weird and bad video games, speedrunning, professional wrestling, and rodents
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i hate computers
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also found on:
discord (indextic)
twitch (indextic)
bluesky for the foreseeable future, i guess
spotify never should have taken off in a world where removable storage and piracy already existed
I hate spotify and want to not use it, but haven't been able to figure out an alternative that works for me yet.
mainly, an easy way to listen to my music collection on different devices, and a way to just easily listen to songs that I don't necessarily want to add to my collection (like just trying things out for example). using youtube for the latter is so much worse for me
youtube music i think is the best option but overall ive gone to piracy