News Summary

• After a decade-long relationship, I’m breaking up with Spotify.
• It’s just that Spotify and I have grown up, but we haven’t grown together.
• When I open the app, I cannot bear its all-encompassing, suffocating reliance on algorithmic recommendations.
• On Spotify, you never have to make any decisions.
• But I noticed that I stopped listening to the music I actually wanted to listen to.
• Without realizing it, I gave up my agency.