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Steel wool seems to do the trick so far. (The new spout is a slide-on with a set screw.) Next question: for the square hole in the tile around the pipe, should I scrape out the old caulk remnants and fill it with new caulk? Or is there a better approach? I think that's a cement board panel...

Follow-up question: is it safe to use WD-40 to clean off the pipe corrosion? If not, what's the recommended method? Just sandpaper?

Hot diggety, that did the trick! I pulled gently while twisting the spout back and forth, and eventually it started sloooooowly coming off. Took about five minutes to work it all the way off, but it was a stress-free five minutes. :) Thanks!!!

So I'm trying to remove a Moen tub spout and as you might guess, have run into an issue. I removed the set screw, no problem. But now the spout just spins freely. Well, there's a little scraping resistance, but not much. If I pull on the spout, the whole pipe moves. I don't know how it was...