There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2026
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Honestly, I stopped paying for Spotify because Apple Music gave me 6 months for free (it was a Black Friday promo). I figured, worst case scenario, I port my account (AM imported all my Spotify stuff), I get 6 months free, I cancel, I start paying Spotify again. I save $60. Not bad. Well, Apple Music had the Japanese music I was downloading off YouTube and painfully sideloading into Spotify. So I liked that. Plus, if I have an album that's not on Apple Music, I just drop the album on Music (the app on my Mac) and it just adds it... just for me, though. Same conditions as the Spotify feature, just much easier to do. (Apparently it's pretty easy on Windows, too.)
Then Spotify went and jacked up their prices and gave millions to Joe Rogan, who was working as Trump's mouthpiece. That and Apple Music supporting Japanese rock made me stick with Apple Music. To be fair, Spotify has since caught up with Apple Music for Japanese music. I think Spotify is still a little better for music discovery, but Apple ain't bad. I think both of them push more rap and pop, probably because it's cheaper for them to stream to you. If you like rock music, Spotify pushes back against you less than Apple Music does, but Apple will also eventually open up and start recommending rock... alongside pop and rap you don't care about (or at least I generally don't and still see it). Now Apple Music does the Super Bowl halftime show, so they pushed Bad Bunny last year, and Jay-Z this year. I don't mind them but I shouldn't be recommended their stuff... except that it makes Apple more money.
Also, I was paying Spotify for a family plan, and Apple now. My wife never used Spotify, only used Pandora โ on her Android phone. Once I switched to Apple Music, she started using that (because it's on Android). That means something to me. Like if we go to something else (like Qobuz is a popular alternative now), maybe she won't use it as much. I don't know why, as a loyal Android user, she likes the Apple Music app so much more than the Spotify app, but she does and that's what we pay for.