unfortunately big company = evil app

first up, AI is being pushed real hard in spotify, it was way better without it

second of all, absurd amount of layoffs of spotify employees

thirdly, i had an AWESOME ad free, choose what i want to listen to, hacked apk version of spotify for years but eventually it stopped working one day and i still mourn that
i wish i had another working spotify apk, i love music
when it stopped working i deleted it cause spotify basic features are fucked, and you have to pay a *subscription* (spotify payments go towards killing babies btw [i wish it all went towards music artists sigh]) if you want the app to be remotely usable

and at the time of spotify apk death i had like a month left before the wrapped cutoff,
i WAS the number one listener of my fav artist but by the time wrapped rolled around i was only the number two
it was a huge tragedy to me at the time but it doesnt really matter in the grand scheme of things