I like Spotify fine, and it's social feature doesn't bother me. I just use a private session if I want to hide what I'm currently listening to, but that's rare.

I like Spotify fine, and it's social feature doesn't bother me. I just use a private session if I want to hide what I'm currently listening to, but that's rare. If 99% of people are OK with how it works, Spotify isn't going to change if they don't want to. And this is small compared to Google storing browsing, map, and search history, using it for ads, and nagging you if you opt out of it, or Apple and Google blocking things from their mobile platforms without a fair and consistent appeals process.