I traded Spotify with an MP3 player for a week. Life outside the algorithm was rough

No algorithm, no endless playlists, no podcasts on demand. Just a handful of albums, wired headphones and a lot of silence Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things I stared at the thing sitting atop my dresser with dread. For an entire week, I was going to use an MP3 player to listen to music. I’d never tried one before. In elementary school, I used various iterations of iPods, and since my Bieber-obsessed tween years, I’ve almost exclusively re...

By Lauren Gould