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Funny thing, I did the same thing (used Jellyfin for several years, then Navidrome for probably a year) and now moved back to Spotify. I think the discovery of music in self-hosted apps is worse. I like to listen albums mostly but I always happened to listen to the same handful of albums, only because those were the first on my mind. I think Navidrome's smart playlists have potential though. Did you come up with a good way to rotate the music?

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I am fond of setting my "album" tab in Sonixd/Finamp to "random" sort. I just refresh or scroll until I see something interesting.

I also use last.fm (still) for recommendations. I've been scrobbling there for over a decade and I still get decent recommendations. Add in recommendations from friends and I far prefer the experience to algorithmic discovery.

If Spotify invested a bit in client UI improvements like making album listening easier (they push playlists far too much for my liking) and fixing the buried "offline" and "private listening" switches, I could be tempted back. Maybe.

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