If you're young, I really suggest you do the math for how much Spotify will cost you for the rest of your life at current prices, consider that that number is a minimum, and then look at the one time prices for DRM free albums on sites like Bandcamp or 7digital.
Streaming music just does not make sense to me economically. Listener doesn't win, the musician doesn't win... the only winner is the useless gatekeeper.
I dropped Spotify 3 or 4 years ago now, and I am glad I did.
Obviously, you shouldn't pirate, but...
You can build a nice little collection on your phone/laptop that's offline first (offline only), won't track you, doesn't have a horrendous UI (vanilla music on android > spotify).
Also, yes, you're saving hundreds every year.
Maybe you can use that money to buy some merch or tickets to a show. That will give more to the artists you listen to than the pennies spotify cough up.
was talking about this with a friend who knows more. He did point out we need to replace old housing stock, which we also don't do, so just have cold, mouldy old houses. But that's not what's being talked about here.
I also had a twitter conv with a housing charity once, who agreed but pointed out that the financialization of property is hard to overturn, and it's easier to just advocate for more building. Problem I see here is that the new buildings will just be more stock for existing portfolios, and actual prices don't seem to reduce.
i myself am 29 and live with two other guys in london, our rent is collectively over £3k for a shoddy built-to-rent flat. looking at house prices in the uk, it's hard to think i'll ever own my own home.