My opinion is that you are right. I switched to C from an OOP and C# background, and it has made me a happier person.

Just buy music, for instance flacs on: https://www.qobuz.com/shop

Then use a local player. Might I recommend: https://github.com/ravachol/kew

Yes I do : https://ko-fi.com/ravachol. Thank you so much!

I develop kew (a terminal music player), so I’m biased, but I started kew because I rejected Spotify many years ago.

I think that kew (or other private/offline music players) together with flacs from Qobuz are actually a great alternative to Spotify. Throw in some Bandcamp albums in there for great justice. Once you have a decent collection, you will feel liberated.

I especially think that Qobuz needs more exposure.

https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew

https://www.qobuz.com/