Never mind the price hike (it's still low enough for the value imo) but the user experience has been steadily degrading with every passing year as they shovel in junk like audiobook recommendations and tiktok autoplaying videos in between you and the playlist you want to play.
I'd like to see a good run down of alternatives to Spotify. What other service has a large selection of music, halfway decent recommendations, the ability to do offline listening with a phone app, a browser based client for listening while on a locked down corporate PC, and no advertising?