I think people get frustrated when services change to try and acquire more revenue, which explains podcasts being shoved down your throat. In regards to Spotif

I think people get frustrated when services change to try and acquire more revenue, which explains podcasts being shoved down your throat. In regards to Spotify allowing uploading of your own songs, I remember I think they did have that at the beginning. I remember there used to be an option to import your iTunes library on Windows. I uploaded a small collection of MP3's and it worked okay, but was somewhat cumbersome compared to say Foobar or MusicBee.