I was a major fan of Rdio over Spotify back circa 2012. Way better interface and they had human curated suggestions which kicked ass. Learned about a ton of new artists through that. Miss Rdio a lot! Kind of sad that Spotify won out. I always figured it was the “social” aspect of spotify which did it (and ironically is basically a relic now)

Yes, on both platforms.

I wrote some open source software and looked into how to make that not happen. It’s not easy on Microsoft, and on Apple it costs more than a $100/year!

For better or for worse, this is normal. Habits are never really easy to be honest, and they remain easy to break forever. I tried to make a habit out of flossing. I did it for awhile, and it almost felt like a habit I formed anew, but then one day I skipped it and it was all over. Hell I skip brushing my teeth sometimes and I actively have to avoid falling out of that habit too.

I don’t know if that helps or not. But I believe almost everyone feels this way about habit formation. I think you’re just more aware of your choice. Everyone does the activity consciously but most people aren’t really analyzing it in the same way as you describe.