Let’s get this out of the way: There’s no right or wrong way to appreciate music, good taste doesn’t necessarily make you a superior person, and Sabrina Carpenter can hit just as hard as a SoundCloud account with 1,137 followers expelling abrasive experiments. But it’s undeniable that some of the main channels people use to discover music are destroying the culture. Spotify has irrevocably devalued music and locked people in for keeps while its CEO now slings money at defense contractors like a