Sounds like you’ve already started using your phone in a less convenient way, sacrificing the ease of streaming, and instead having to collect and manage your own music, but improving your experience in the process. That’s definitely another alternative, if having a completely separate form of listening isn’t your style. Nice!

It’s not something I’d be able to do - if I’m thinking about music on my phone, I can’t help but click the spotify button and leave it at that. I need to get my phone out of the equation, and I assume the author of the article is the same way, but if you’re able to do it all on one machine, good on you!