Cherry

I love sailing.

I moved to Qobuz. It costs a little more but that is something you have to accept for the ethical choice.

Unfortunately it’s not working for me. Many of my songs/libraries have not moved over well, can’t be found or have changed version etc.

The bigger issues for me are the terrible CarPlay functions of the app. It’s non existent. If I am travelling I need to see and search fast and easy. And I continually have to select Bluetooth when playing music, if the app drops out or I lose connection I can’t just pop on my phone and again select Bluetooth. It needs to recognise CarPlay and just switch.

Finally I it drops out and jumps a lot for me. Interruptions every 10 songs or so just isn’t great.

I wish it would have worked but it didn’t. I’m moving away from music streaming.

I have been chatting through convenience with my kids.

As an example music streaming. I have spent the last 15+ years paying for it, to generally accumulate a song or two extra per month. Switched from Spotify due to their warmongering. Tried an alternative. More expensive and the app is terrible for the car. Tempted lately to go back to an iPod and some sailing. At this stage it really does look like an option. It’s not the most convenient but balance out privacy, price and usability.

I feel like I am going backwards as I simply don’t know what’s coming and I can’t trust the services I pay for in several capacities.

And then after all that have to read a page full of ego and and thinly veiled sales waffle just to find the tiny bit of info you are looking for.

You have to give up too much time and privacy to get little back. It’s not the internet we knew. It’s a hyper monitized sales board.

I miss being excited about what online would unfurl for me each day.

Ensure to make sure every doc has 17 giant sized images saying FU MS

Access to view the evil models or to make more evil models?

All those tech tools and they still have to hire humans to make them safe. Hope the help don’t turn on the greedy tech bosses /s.

Did you enquire with any if they had sold/shared your data. I suppose it could be an endless quest trying to trace and delete everything. I know that wasn’t your aim. Just curious as I am starting to do this. We can’t trust online with anything anymore so time to start wiping my footprints of what I still can. And my account list is a good place to start.

Great read thanks. It’s a quest I have stated here and there but you methods an awareness gives inspiration to the tedious task. Would you be willing to share the email template you used?

You are correct. But the right tool in the wrong hands is still non credible in the eyes of perception.

This is my take. Elon just showed the world what we all knew. The tool is not trustworthy. All other AI suppliers are busy trying to work on credibility that grok just butchered.

I think that’s the worry. Do I have to start again. Will my stuff be disrupted. Spotify has counted on me sleepwalking though with them and not moving because of this fear. They have had enough of my money.

I had to laugh at the leaving page “if you leave me now you’ll take away the biggest part of me”. Spotify is not a human and I’ll take my money. They need to get lost with the emotive marketing, Spotify and the CEOs actions speak louder.

My hard earned money and who I spend it with is one of my biggest voices in my world.

Been thinking of booting them for a whilst. Just cancelled. Better late than never.