I don’t fully agree with your first paragraph. My release radar is always chalk full of new releases by artists I enjoy.

Digging? I’ve given that a go when I was a kid/teen. I don’t have hours to spend aimlessly surfing and finding music like I used to. I just can’t be bothered anymore.

I’m not struggling against an algorithm, quite the opposite actually. I like some music in different languages too andi get good recommendations based on those as well.

I get it, ra ra Spotify bad. But it’s been all right for me.

My Spotify library does end up on plexamp