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# Should I pull music off Spotify? Use a decision tree to decide
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/shoud-i-pull-music-off-spotify/
- Published: 2025-07-16T14:17:43.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-16T14:17:47.000Z
- Description: Frustrated with Spotify’s royalties, algorithms, or ethics and wondering, ‘Should I pull music off Spotify?’ Before you make the leap, use this quick decision-tree to weigh the tradeoffs and find the path that fits your music career.
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Streaming, DIY, DIY musicians, indie musicians, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Frustrated with Spotify’s royalties, algorithms, or ethics and wondering, ‘Should I pull music off Spotify?’ Before you make the leap, use this quick decision-tree to weigh the tradeoffs and find the path that fits your music career.

### Should I pull music off Spotify?

*by Chris Robley of [Demo](https://www.musicdemo.org/blog/quit-spotify?ref=hypebot.com)*

#### **More and more artists are stewing on it:**

***Crap royalties! Algorithmic nonsense! Ethical hellscapes! A.I. Armageddon!***

[Deerhoof left in protest](https://www.hypebot.com/deerhoof-leaves-spotify/). Artists like Dan Mangan say they [can’t afford to leave](https://www.instagram.com/p/DLnGBviuWXh/?ref=hypebot.com), but are encouraging fans to sidestep Spotify. And many of my own friends are texting me saying *“I want to leave Spotify. Am I crazy?”*

**So I made the decision-tree below!**

Before you rage-quit the green machine, let’s talk consequences. Of course you should always do what’s best for you and your audience, so no shame from me either way.

But **use this flowchart first,** because you should understand the tradeoffs:

*[full size image here](https://www.musicdemo.org/blog/quit-spotify?ref=hypebot.com)*