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Not really no, the few times a year that I'm out of the country I'll just rely on my spotify library like you.

I mean what on earth do you expect when buying an accessory for a subscription service?

If Netflix made a remote it wouldn't be of any use without a Netflix account either.

Radio is still very popular. Great way to discover new music and lowest possible bar for entry.

Even if I wasn't perfectly satisfied with Spotifys offering, I simply couldn't switch to an alternative for the simple fact that every single person I know is on Spotify.

Spotify is the only subscription service in my life where I'd happily pay twice of what I am paying currently. I can miss all the other nonsense but not Spotify. It's probably my most used piece of software. Just to throw another opinion in the mix here.

People suggest downloading and maintaining an MP3 library as an alternative, but my god, no thank you. I remember those days, it was awful. On average I'm adding like 10 new songs to my library per week, I'd dread having to scour piracy sites for those. Then you have to keep it all synchronized between your phone, laptop and pc. Some obscure stuff will inevitably be unfindable, which means you have to resort to youtube mp3 downloading. Half the time you'll be forced to manually add tags and album art to your files.

Alternatively you could pay for each album individually. I'd estimate my entire library would set me back €2000 at least. And then you're still missing out on the social features, music discovery and cross-device functionality, all of which I use frequently.

For me Spotify is an incredible product that is well worth the money it costs. I am a very happy customer.