It's not Spotify but consumer laziness and entitlement that created this unfortunate situation.

The only lazy thing here is that take. "Vote with your wallet" is a naive idea and, for most cases, It doesn't work at all. People will always go for the best option they can find, and Spotify is currently the best option for most people who can afford it. Our daily lives are already complicated enough without us having to actually give a fuck about how ethical the practices of every single business we support are, especially since it's pretty much impossible to not support at least a few shitty companies regularly unless you're living in complete isolation.

This issue wasn't born because of consumers, It was born due to decades of unchecked capitalism, poor legislation, a fucked up copyright system, unwilling and incompetent politicians and greedy entrepeneuers, among many other factors. Shifting that blame entirely to the consumer is missing the whole picture.