> Spotify can pull the plug on whatever your favorite song is and there is NOTHING you can do about it

There's plenty I can do about it. If Spotify decides to "pull the plug" on a song or artist I like, it's my prerogative to switch providers or decide to self-host. I'm not locked into a lifetime serfdom with them, and it's not like the files will magically vanish from the internet once Spotify decides not to host them.

> who will willfully consume the most crappy audio codec

I listen to 99% of my music through Bluetooth on AirPods, so 320kbps is perfectly fine for my use case. If I was someone who cared deeply about audio quality, I would switch to a competing service with HiFi.

> hundreds of millions of clueless subscribers, such as yourself

At least try to be respectful.