Yeah I don’t see this being a well received move. Their acceptance has already been on a decline in the keyboard enthusiast circles, so now having a major consumer brand that is generally considered low tier in that market overseeing things is probably gonna make people pretty angry.
I'm trialing Apple Music as we speak for that same reason. Spotify was by far the most stable service I used but I'm getting really frustrated by the non-music content they're pushing. I have no problem with podcasts and audio books but there's multiple better apps for both.
So far it's been pretty good, a little more buggy but just about everything I want is there and the quality is good, Win11 client is pretty bad tho ATM.