Comparison

Spotify vs Engadget

Spotify lands on Worth it, and Engadget lands on Depends.

Spotify

Worth it

Confidence: High

Buy it if you want the cheapest, most widely supported music and podcast app for personal listening.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Engadget is a free, ad-supported tech news site . useful for gadget news and pre-purchase research, but it is content, not software you buy.

Spotify versus Engadget
Compare	Spotify	Engadget
Verdict	Worth it	Depends
Best for	Everyday music listeners	Casual gadget news readers
Who it's not for	Values-driven buyers boycotting the CEO's AI-defense investment	Anyone shopping for software or tools
Privacy	Active attack surface: platform CVEs and critical RCE in its open-source Backstage tool, plus recurring user account-takeover waves; a 2025 breach claim is under investigation.^⁶	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality	Self-serve only; no phone support offered	No evidence in reviewed sources
Public sentiment	Reviewers and G2 raters like the catalog and apps, while Reddit threads churn over shuffle behavior, price hikes, and account security.^²	Long-running and widely read, but Reddit sentiment is polarized, with recurring complaints about trust, spam bans, and fading relevance.¹⁴
Biggest gotcha	Support is self-serve; hacked-account users report slow, frustrating resolution	Ad-supported model means sponsored coverage; Reddit users allege shilling, so cross-check big claims.¹⁵