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Lol sure. and you're paying with your hard earned money and giving them your data so that they can profile you. Use a dns logger and see how many trackers are on Spotify even when you pay. Lol Pirating isn't free but at least I am not being profiled. Also, getting infected is for people who dont know what theyre doing. Such people always say stuff Like only install apps from "playstore". Never use any other OS apart from Windows and apple etc. Anyways you do you mate and be happy.
I earn money so I don't need to use my freetime for things I don't want to do. For example I dont make my own fabric and sew my own clothes I buy them. So it is a trading, time (hopefully fun time) for money (work) and money for time (services and things). Money is pointless if I don't use it. Why spend time working if I won't use it to buy time? And sure Spotify profile me so they can recommend music that I may like and I am fine with that because that is how I find new music anyways. I don't use services like Google because of their tracking and always try to use a browser instead of apps if possible so I can use ublocker. It is always a priority thing you know. I could live outside the society (off grid, no tech) if I don't want to be tracked or I can let some services track me because it is a lot more convenient for me in the grand scale of things.
Sure, being infected may not be a big risk for some I am only generalizing it. I am not saying you will be infected because I don't know what sources you use I only said it is a risk. There are always malicious ppl and even trusted sources can be compromised and trusted companies with payed services. Just like it is a risk to jaywalk but it doesn't mean you always risk your life doing so. But some are too naive like you said.
Just to add I am not trying to convince you, I just like discussing topics and different perspectives. I wish you happiness too.