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I bought an actual MP3 player and download music. I know it sounds like a pain in the ass, but it makes you think much more intentionally about the music you listen to and you engage a lot more and get a better sense of your preferences. This is also makes it way easier to listen to whole albums the way the artists intended and give a much better experience overall than just listening to whatever random mix of songs the algorithm wants to throw at you.
It also means I can have real outputs and use better and more inexpensive headphones and can listen wherever and whenever I want without needing to worry about internet access or data usage and I can pick it up and listen to music without having to read whatever bullshit notifications or communications are on my phone at any given time.
I have found that making decisions that minimize how often I have to look at my phone has made my mental health a lot better. I read books with real books or on a separate e-book device, I listen to music with a music player, I play games on a handheld console, I watch video entertainment on a TV. I use my phone for communicating and reading the news, that's about it, and I think its a lot better that way.
Hey you and me agree very much!!
SO isnt quite in that mindset. They still like things easy and convenient. Its a slow process to get people away from corporate addiction but I did get them to switch to Linux and use signal so its working step by step!
Honestly all they want is to be able to listen to music while working all day, access to their Playlist and then recommendations to new music sometimes.
If you are still willing to go further, there are self hosted services.