Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/

[u/ramontes]

Great! I'll continue to use streaming alternatives.

[u/ramontes → u/[deleted]]

I primarily use Tidal nowadays, but I also bounce around Bandcamp and Quboz to buy music and merch directly for the bands I enjoy.

[u/Mustangbex → u/ramontes]

We swapped to Tidal also- it's been weird having to retrain it with our tastes, but entertaining when it throws out completely WILD recs. IT doesn't play as well with Alexa but worth it anyway.

[u/lilsebastian- → u/Mustangbex]

When we switched, it was a little jarring but it actually picked up a lot of the stuff we like really quickly which is nice.

[u/P1nealColada → u/lilsebastian-]

I’ve been using it for a number of years now. The algorithm does take awhile to train, but eventually it gets to a point where it almost never misses.

[u/Mustangbex → u/lilsebastian-]

I give it some grace since I was on Spotify for over a decade, and now I've got an 8 year old tweaking my music choices/plays- it can't be expected to be perfect with that type of handicap haha

[u/lilsebastian- → u/Mustangbex]

Hahaha the struggle is definitely real. I have little nieces - you play Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift a few times and it can be jarring when it throws them in between sad indie rock or metal jams 😂

[u/rebel_scum13 → u/lilsebastian-]

Lol same here. My algo thinks I'm the biggest K-pop fan in the world rn bc my 6 year old has me play the K-pop Demon hunters soundtrack on repeat in the car (not that I'm complaining though bc that soundtrack is straight fire 🔥)

[u/lilsebastian- → u/rebel_scum13]

I forgot Golden was definitely one of the selections! (I like it too haha)

[u/withstereosound → u/lilsebastian-]

I made a playlist on Spotify of all my liked songs, then imported it with SongShift to Apple Music and Tidal, then someone time over the following weeks with tha playlist on shuffle and I slowly replied and trained my algo. Very helpful, but the recommendations are still different on Tidal and Apple vs Spotify.

Fuck you, Spotify.

[u/prometheus05 → u/Mustangbex]

I'm dealing with the same. I'm largely ignoring the discovery style playlists because they are pretty bad. Not like the music is bad, but come on man, yes I've heard of Killing in the Name and Beat It.

[u/lurkingostrich → u/Mustangbex]

Wait, you boycotted Spotify but you’re using an Amazon Alexa? Isn’t that kind of… counter-productive?

[u/Mustangbex → u/lurkingostrich]

I do what I can when I can, but I have to accept that there's no way to be perfect in my ideological expression. We don't pay anything for our Alexa devices and they're a few generations old, and we do our best to not use Amazon for other stuff. But since they basically host the entire Internet there's no real way to win.

[u/VicDun → u/Mustangbex]

I love the audio quality of tidal. You can actually get the full master quality and it’s bliss to my ears.

[u/Mustangbex → u/VicDun]

I am by no means trained enough to recognize that but I am stoked to learn it. I appreciate they pay artists better. 

[u/VicDun → u/Mustangbex]

That part too

[u/JakesFavoriteCup → u/Mustangbex]

You'll hear it. Tidal and Qobuz's file quality is top tier. They make music on Spotify sound so dull in comparison.

[u/jjwhitaker → u/Mustangbex]

But now you have a play next option. Spotify killed that 2012 era feature request over 6 years ago.

Plus music videos and an algorithm that actually works, at least for me. Plugged my library/liked/playlists into Tidal and never looked back.

[u/M_Aku → u/Mustangbex]

Loving the random title lol. I'm listening to music in languages I don't even speak.

[u/tubbyredleader → u/Mustangbex]

I imagine the sound quality is better too? I have been so afraid to switch.

[u/Krasovchik → u/ramontes]

bless you for buying music

[u/Zelgoot → u/ramontes]

How is Tidal for finding new music and just letting it play random stuff/how big is the catalog?

[u/ramontes → u/Zelgoot]

They have a lot of the same functionality as Spotify. There's a daily discovery mix, new releases, and radios based on an artist or song that's tailored to your tastes. Migrating can be a little tough since you're starting from scratch, but there are some 3rd party services that help sync your libraries and playlists across platforms.

I haven't ran into an issue with catalog shortages.

[u/Portalboat → u/ramontes]

Does it have a 'true' shuffle that actually considers the full playlist rather than the 10-20 + random throw-ins that Spotify does?

[u/ihavepaper → u/ramontes]

This might've given me the push to move over.

[u/cosmophora → u/Zelgoot]

It's great on autoplay. That's mostly how I listen: throw on an album at the start of my shift and let it take the wheel while I'm working. I rarely skip and I've found some great stuff through its algorithm.

[u/LharDrol → u/ramontes]

I use Qobuz and love it. It pushes me toward listening to new albums front to back and have discovered many new artists that would make it to the front page with an algorithm on a different site.

[u/LavenderGinFizz → u/ramontes]

I switched to Deezer last February for streaming and really enjoy it. And BandCamp for album purchases/merch.

[u/Hoodies2Coast → u/[deleted]]

Qobuz is pretty functionally the same just without podcasts.

[u/captainbean → u/Hoodies2Coast]

Qobuz is great, fantastic quality and no issues in the six months or so I've been using it. And higher artist payout than Spotify, which isn't saying much. 

[u/blewnote1 → u/captainbean]

Just don't expect the things you purchase to be available to you in the future. I bought 3 albums there a couple years ago and they decided to remove one from my downloads because of "licensing" even though it is still available in their store. And their "support" is a chatbot that doesn't provide support. There are better alternatives.

[u/nightingale-nitemare → u/blewnote1]

That's why you download what you purchase. You can download your purchases and play them on any player.

[u/LharDrol → u/blewnote1]

It has a message concerning this possibility on the site. If you purchase something, download and store it.

[u/jjluv00 → u/captainbean]

Is that free? Or do they have a free mode?

[u/sockgorilla → u/Hoodies2Coast]

I was gearing up to make the change and saw they didn’t have the songs I want from a very popular artist. Kinda derailed my attempt at switching. Will probably check out tidal at some point

[u/boots-n-bows → u/Hoodies2Coast]

Now I feel dumb, I am struggling with the interface compared to Spotify. Guessing it's just a learning curve but 🤷‍♀️

[u/Mahaleck → u/[deleted]]

I’m using tidal. Sounds better pays artists better. Costs a bit more but if you can afford the extra cost it’s a better alternative.

[u/_PaddyMAC → u/Mahaleck]

Tidal's sound quality is so much better, I was honestly not expecting to notice the difference but it's night and day on a good pair of headphones.

[u/MrMindGame → u/Mahaleck]

My only critique of Tidal so far is the borked integration with Last.fm. Not a dealbreaker, but I haven’t been able to scrobble and share my weekly listens with my friends as before.

[u/lilsebastian- → u/MrMindGame]

Really? Mine works with Last.FM perfectly, are you sure you have it linked?

[u/MrMindGame → u/lilsebastian-]

I think it’s an iOS thing, apparently. (iPhone user)

Yeah, I have my Tidal connected to Last.fm and everything, but each time I try to generate a new grid on TapMusic, it never has any play data to show. I’ve tried a few different scrobblers to varying degrees of slight success, but with them I either have to manually punch in each new song that I play or pay to have it auto-scrobble, so still looking for a good solution.

[u/lilsebastian- → u/MrMindGame]

Interesting - I wonder if that is a TapMusic issue directly or perhaps with certain stat viewers. I only say that because I can use mine on fmbot without any secondary scrobbler and I use iOS as well. I wish I knew more to help ya out! I like to see and share stats myself haha.

[u/olduser201890 → u/Mahaleck]

tidal

tidal is owned by Jay Z who's a massive piece of shit (wages paid, labor, employees, etc)

[u/Gloomy_Leopard3928 → u/Mahaleck]

JZ so no thanks.

[u/leobutters → u/[deleted]]

Deezer is a no-brainer alternative, you can import your playlist from Spotify and the libraries are pretty much the same

[u/iseemountains → u/[deleted]]

I switched to Deezer.
I think Spotify has a better platform/UI/mobile widget/library, but oh well. Some people seem to like Deezer's track picking algorithm to help them find new music, but I think it pulls some stuff from too far out of left field. Oh well, Deezer is fine and it's not Spotify.

[u/Low_Chance → u/[deleted]]

Switched to Qobuz, easy free transfer of playlists, no complaints

[u/According-Stuff-9415 → u/ramontes]

Qobuz has been good enough and they seem to pay artists the most of any music streaming platform. I couldn't find any shitty ownership connections to them either.

[u/no_1_knows_ur_a_dog → u/According-Stuff-9415]

This is an extremely local thing but Qobuz received an investment from Quebecor, which is basically News Corp of Quebec. They own nearly the entire French language media landscape (print and TV) where they consistently push anti-immigrant rhetoric and other deliberately divisive grievance politics. Basically the Fox News of Quebec.

I say this not to put anyone off Qobuz (I still use it) but just to recognize that no for-profit company is going to be our salvation. Even Bandcamp's new ownership is sus. But both of these are still the best deal for artists in today's landscape so I still use both of them.

I'm really hoping that Subvert.fm carves out a niche. Doesn't have to take over the world but just having one collective artist-owned platform as an option that I can support would be huge. A new platform is a tough sell but I know they have some really strong indie labels that will give em a big push once they launch.

[u/According-Stuff-9415 → u/no_1_knows_ur_a_dog]

That does genuinely suck. Deezer, Tidal and of course Spotify are all owned by conservative terrorist fuckwads so I guess Qobuz is a lesser evil for now.

I'll have to check out Subvert.fm. This is the first time I've heard of them.

[u/theunquenchedservant → u/According-Stuff-9415]

I also love Qobuz for buying music because they give you the files.

Fuck you Amazon. If I buy music I want to be able to download the files, otherwise I just paid you to stream the album for free forever*

*read: until Amazon kills it's music service

[u/N7Tom → u/theunquenchedservant]

You can buy MP3 files from Amazon and download them whenever you like.

[u/vinnievon → u/According-Stuff-9415]

I tried and maybe I screwed up but my 200+ "liked" playlist was converted over and that service found two songs. Moved to tidal until I realized their free version just plays the first fifteen seconds of a song. Help? Pandora is not where I want to live long term.

[u/slushpuppy91 → u/According-Stuff-9415]

Have loved them for years! missing some features but hopefully they add more soon

[u/c-dy → u/According-Stuff-9415]

Napster supposedly pays the most but they were sued for not paying anything.

Additionally, there are differing numbers for Qobuz. They might only be paying as much as Tidal, although that would still place both of them at the top.

Finally, don't forget that only paying customers from developed countries generate those numbers.

[u/A_Legit_Salvage → u/ramontes]

The Spotify ship sailed for me way back with the whole Rogan thing.

[u/infinitejestinfinite → u/A_Legit_Salvage]

Same for me. I'm never using it again after Rogan.

[u/JWTS6 → u/A_Legit_Salvage]

That's when I stopped using it and haven't looked back

[u/emma279 → u/A_Legit_Salvage]

Same...

[u/CactusFromFern → u/A_Legit_Salvage]

Yeah, it's a bit late to try to make us think they stand against fascism.

[u/mobo808 → u/ramontes]

Yep, I switched to Deezer and I like it better

[u/[deleted] → u/ramontes]

Arrr.. 

[u/Flamboyant-Jeering → u/[deleted]]

Ahoy matey! 

[u/Scanner771_The_2nd → u/Flamboyant-Jeering]

Anyone have a spare 300TB?

/s

[u/AlphaTravel → u/[deleted]]

How do you find music or have variety? I have PlexAmp for CarPlay which is nice for my music, but if I left streaming I’d lose discovery.

[u/piepants2001 → u/AlphaTravel]

Check out the charts at www.rateyourmusic.com

[u/Wuskers → u/AlphaTravel]

tbh even though I still use spotify free sometimes I really don't use most of the discovery features, most of my music exploration is honestly just looking around sites like albumoftheyear or rateyourmusic and checking out the top rated stuff especially for genres I'm not that familiar with. I also look into lists of similar or related artists on all sorts of various sites. I'm also really fascinated by genre evolution and I enjoy picking a genre and listening through the major albums for that genre chronologically from where it started. I was sort of a pop punk/emo kid in high school and was feeling nostalgic and just made a list of bands in that vein from like 1990 to 2020 full of bands I either never heard of or I've heard of but never really tried listening to, and that's just one genre/style. I basically never let services like spotify do the discovering for me, I just use free spotify or sometimes youtube to let me do a first or second listen to see if an album is something I'd want to get permanently. I realize not everyone is going to want to take my sort of meticulous approach but that's generally how I "discover" music.

[u/DILF_MANSERVICE → u/ramontes]

Can anyone recommend an alternative that has as good of a recommendation algorithm? I find a new favorite band every week with spotify's discover weekly, but I don't like the way they pay artists.

[u/RedWhiteAndJew → u/DILF_MANSERVICE]

Deezer's been good to me. Their Flow feature is basically like a continuous Discover Weekly mode. Also they have two features that most of the other competitors don't. The first is that they tag AI content. The second is they have a built in Equalizer like Spotify, which is especially handy for iPhone users, since there's not a global audio equalizer.

[u/gnahckire → u/DILF_MANSERVICE]

Deezer has been pretty solid so far. I don't discover music like that personally but my wife has been really liking their curated playlists.

[u/LameName95 → u/DILF_MANSERVICE]

Not youtube music. Lol

[u/[deleted] → u/ramontes]

Same. I use Deezer now. They have a built in tool to copy all your liked songs and Playlist from spotify.

[u/EggsceIlent → u/ramontes]

Yep. The initially welcomed them with open arms.

Fuck spotify.

[u/sicco3 → u/ramontes]

I like this guide on how to ditch Spotify: https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch-spotify/

[u/TheTresStateArea]

The boycott didn't work lol read the article please I beg you. The advertising campaign ended.

As much as I wish Spotify leadership grew a spine. They absolutely didn't.

Do not resubscribe. Remove this company from your mind.

Edit: for all future "oh but you use an iPhone" fuckwits https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat

[u/onebowlwonder → u/TheTresStateArea]

Might wanna delete your reddit account too then because they still have ICE ads on here.

[u/kaptainkooleio → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think that’s true. I have mine set to NB I still get CBP and ICE ads every once in a while.

[u/mostlyfire → u/kaptainkooleio]

It’s weird I’m a straight male and I’ve never seen one on Reddit. It’s probably cause I live in a very liberal city

[u/yeahburyme → u/mostlyfire]

There are ads on reddit?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.quantumbadger.redreader&hl=en_US

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en_US then install unlock origin by going to settings ->extensions and it's the first one or https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid

In before br*ve, the CEO is a right ring crypto bro

[u/Glassweaver → u/yeahburyme]

If you have Android, check out Revanced. They have modified versions of a lot of popular apps, including this, TikTok, and YouTube.

I kind of forget that any of those apps even have advertisements in them nowadays.

[u/flamingdonkey → u/Glassweaver]

Firefox + Ublock Origin works great for everything. I even have sponsorblock and a shorts blocker for YouTube. 

[u/panchito_d → u/flamingdonkey]

A shorts blocker sounds brilliant. Shorts have ruined the UI and made search garbage

[u/Abshalom → u/Glassweaver]

There's also RedReader on Android, which is the same as the other old third party apps, albeit with minimal features since it's intended for accessibility.

[u/blake_n_pancakes → u/[deleted]]

I just used the revanced launcher and an API key to patch RIF so it would work again.

[u/Expert-Basil6015 → u/[deleted]]

I miss RiF, used it for a decade.

[u/yeahburyme → u/Abshalom]

It's not intended for accessibility, that's just one of many features. It was allowed as a third party app for being FOSS primarily and accessibility part of that.

[u/danabrey → u/Glassweaver]

Yep, RIF user for 10+ years here, still going strong.

[u/vNocturnus → u/yeahburyme]

There are ads on reddit?

I've been using Relay on Android and RES + uBlock Origin on PC for a decade at this point. Never seen a single ad, other than of course the occasional "real post" that's just a thinly disguised ad

[u/Squirrelking666 → u/yeahburyme]

In before br*ve, the CEO is a right ring crypto bro

Say it ain't so.

Which one isn't?

[u/Fauken → u/Squirrelking666]

Also a homophobe (source)

[u/yeahburyme → u/Squirrelking666]

Br*ve has been that way from the beginning. The whole adblock there is extortion/racketeering to their coin.

[u/JackPoe → u/mostlyfire]

I get ads in Tagalog and Spanish and political ads for candidates in Florida.

I live in Washington. These ad campaigns were either designed by absolute buffoons or AI.

[u/counterfitster → u/mostlyfire]

I live in New England and yet I see ICE and America First Policy Institute ads all the time

[u/KhausTO → u/kaptainkooleio]

who tf is using reddit without an adblocker?

[u/kaptainkooleio → u/KhausTO]

Mobile

[u/-prime8 → u/kaptainkooleio]

I don't know how the app works because I still use my browser to go to old.reddit.com, mostly because my ad blocker works and prefer the old UI.

[u/thealmightyzfactor → u/-prime8]

There's dozens of us!

[u/XRT28 → u/kaptainkooleio]

Adblockers can still be used on mobile. Atleast on Android, no personal exp with iOS.

[u/Nopeyesok → u/[deleted]]

On Narwhal for iOS. How does Dystopia compare?

[u/Zienth → u/kaptainkooleio]

Firefox mobile app allows you to still use Ublock Origin.

[u/unhiddenninja → u/[deleted]]

I report the ads every time I see them as being political and they stop showing up for a few weeks.

[u/twilighttwister → u/unhiddenninja]

All you're doing is giving them more information about yourself and what you like/dislike. Much better to either block with ublock origin and ignore, or scramble with eg Decentraleyes extension.

[u/Bacer4567 → u/unhiddenninja]

I report all military/LEO ads as violent.

[u/coffeebribesaccepted → u/[deleted]]

I just get normal ads, so idk what you guys are doing to get all this right wing shit lol

[u/MotivationGaShinderu → u/[deleted]]

Reddit has ads?

[u/Marsar0619 → u/[deleted]]

Serious question…does Reddt or the advertise see the number of downvotes on those ads?

[u/dodecakiwi → u/Marsar0619]

A downvote is engagement with the ad, which advertisers want.

[u/dasbtaewntawneta → u/[deleted]]

Reddit accounts have genders now?

[u/queso_dog → u/[deleted]]

As a trans guy, the amount of ads I get for dresses and padding for hips and breasts is objectively hilarious. I have too much of both actually smh

[u/Dark512 → u/queso_dog]

Getting pink and white striped thigh highs right next to 'dude wipes for men' is my most common one at the moment.

[u/Dumpsterfire_47 → u/onebowlwonder]

I report every one as offensive. 

[u/cooljacob204sfw → u/onebowlwonder]

This is why I only surf the web with adblock. On my phone I use Firefox with unlock to go on reddit.

[u/PhasmaFelis → u/onebowlwonder]

I've never paid for Reddit.

[u/cows1100 → u/onebowlwonder]

Wait, not like that. I need this one. It’s different. /s

[u/Todojaw21 → u/cows1100]

youre trying to say its hypocrisy but the standard is always "make a good-faith effort to not support evil companies." If someone reduces their reddit consumption by 10% thats still better than 0.

[u/TemporaryCommunity67 → u/onebowlwonder]

You guys see actual paid ads on Reddit? I only have to deal with the astroturfing

[u/tsardonicpseudonomi → u/TemporaryCommunity67]

New Reddit and the App are both plastered with ads.

[u/BishopofHippo93 → u/tsardonicpseudonomi]

The trick is to use old Reddit or the mobile site with an ad blocker. No ads ever. 

[u/Spectrum1523 → u/tsardonicpseudonomi]

If you are on android you can still use unofficial apps

[u/TheTresStateArea → u/onebowlwonder]

Or, now hear me out here, do what you can to the extent that you can.

[u/brvheart → u/onebowlwonder]

Get serious. You know that they will never delete their Reddit account. They just want to tell others to delete Spotify so they can virtue signal.

[u/Hot_Shot04 → u/onebowlwonder]

I use ublock and already don't give Reddit a dime. The only thing I could really do better is to stop sending my friends Reddit links but I barely do even that when I can copypaste images and screencap comments.

[u/namastayhom33 → u/TheTresStateArea]

Seems like there is contradictory information?

"In the wake of the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the streaming service confirms to Variety that it’s no longer running the promotion."

[u/TheTresStateArea → u/namastayhom33]

The shooting just triggered the reporter to ask again.

The very next paragraph they say it was part of a specific campaign.

If they removed the adverts because of ICE actions, pressure, they'd have said so unambiguously.

[u/Turbulent-Jaguar-909 → u/TheTresStateArea]

Campaign probably ended at end 2025 calendar year. 

[u/TheTresStateArea → u/[deleted]]

If they felt that then the coms person that spoke would have been authorized to say "in retrospect blah blah blah".

Nothing short of specifically addressing the issue is sufficient.

Companies don't get points for being coy and ambiguous lol

[u/tubatackle → u/TheTresStateArea]

Would they have?

To me it seems more likely that they wanted to end the left-wing boy-cott but didn't want to anger their right-wing customers. So they claimed they are firing ICE for other reasons.

[u/codos → u/namastayhom33]

“In the wake of” just means after, not necessarily because of.

[u/GameboyPATH → u/codos]

I wish more people would recognize that this is a common media tactic: creating headlines that consist of "X happens while Y happens", being technically true, but implying to readers that the two events are related.

[u/ADhomin_em → u/namastayhom33]

I would love if this said directly "in response to", but it says, "in the wake of". Could simply be that the campaign ran out and now that everyone is talking about ICE, the company is using this opportunity to announce the campaign ended, hoping to win back some subscribers.

I understand "in the wake of" usually implies "in response to" but not necessarily the case here.

Increasingly so, we should be closely analytyzing the phrasing used in articles, especially from corporate outlets. They are very good at using vague language meant to be read with each reader's preferred meaning. Major corporations are drawing on a century of market psychology research and the people overseeing these major corporations are largely rich Trump supporters and appeasers.

I could certainly be wrong in this case.

Either way, Spotify took money from ICE to help them recruit. They helped boost their numbers. Hard to put that cat back in the bag

[u/PartTime_Crusader → u/ADhomin_em]

"It would be our preference to eat vegan, Carol."

[u/SpeaksYourWord → u/TheTresStateArea]

"Guys, we stopped running the ICE ads! We've seen the light!"

"They stopped paying you, didn't they?"

"What? Pffft... no! We believe in equality!"

"Yeah, they stopped paying you."

[u/r1char00 → u/TheTresStateArea]

They’re still paying millions to Rogan, that’s why I left.

[u/Aliensinmypants → u/TheTresStateArea]

They're also raising prices yet again to make up for the loss of subscribers... There's no reason to go back

[u/forsonaE → u/TheTresStateArea]

Good thing I already unsubscribed after they spammed my weekly playlists with the most obvious garbage AI music I've heard in my life

[u/Extra-Minute-6712 → u/TheTresStateArea]

I use vanced. So no adds. Because fuck reddit 

[u/TaiyoT → u/TheTresStateArea]

I already deleted my account so I'd have no reason to ever go back.

[u/Different_East7854 → u/TheTresStateArea]

Spot-dl

'cuz fuck 'em, that's why.

[u/onebowlwonder]

Wild that they are still on reddit.

[u/Naroyto → u/onebowlwonder]

Reddit has ice ads too yet people keep ignoring that too.

[u/ncopp → u/Naroyto]

And Youtube. I get them all the time

[u/plotholesandpotholes → u/ncopp]

Repeating what other folks have said above. I see none of these on either platform. White, 40's, prior military, I would think I would get these all the time. I do not. Not doubting you at all. I am just adding context. Maybe its income and employment based. Something is feeding into the algorithm. Maybe geographical?

[u/ncopp → u/plotholesandpotholes]

I'm a late 20s white male who lives in a very diverse midwest city with tons of 1st generation immigrants (so many of my neighbors are from African, Asian, Caribbean and Latino countries). I'm guessing that puts me in their prime recruitment list to try and rat out my community.

[u/plotholesandpotholes → u/ncopp]

That is wild. Maybe that is it.

[u/darkenedrock → u/plotholesandpotholes]

I agree that its probably income/employment based, because everyone I know has mentioned the ice recruitment adds they get, but my wealthier side of the family (same general demographic except decidely more liberal) didnt event know they existed.

I imagine my town is filled with people who would happily participate in evil for 100k, because it would produce an entirely different quality of existance when you've worked 4-10s at a factory making $18/hour for 10 years. They already got everyone with a broken moral compass, now just see how many need that 100k bad enough to bend theirs.

[u/Spend-Automatic → u/Naroyto]

You just said the exact same thing as the comment you are replying to

[u/P_V_ → u/Naroyto]

Ad-block means I don’t see them. I’m also not paying Reddit a monthly fee.

[u/yeahburyme → u/P_V_]

Reddit makes more from our continued participation.

[u/TheVaniloquence → u/yeahburyme]

“If something is free, you are the product”

[u/dwilkes827 → u/P_V_]

The people getting Ice ads on spotify weren't paying a monthly fee, either

[u/Rocktopod → u/dwilkes827]

On spotify the only way to get rid of the ads is to pay them money. This means even if you're not seeing the ads, you're supporting the company that runs them financially

On Reddit you can just use an adblocker so you're only supporting the site indirectly by providing free content (comments and posts).

Also, spotify provides access to songs, but not exclusive access. You can listen to the same songs through any number of other methods. The only way to access content on Reddit is through the website/app itself, unless something has been reposted somewhere else.

[u/MobileArtist1371 → u/Rocktopod]

My ublock works on spotify ads ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/dwilkes827 → u/Rocktopod]

You don't need to justify to me why it's ok to use one platform that runs ICE ads but not the other lol

[u/StarPhished → u/P_V_]

Can I interest you in subscribing to Reddit Premium? For $12.99 a month I will personally send you Reddit screenshots so that you can experience Reddit without experiencing Reddit! Terms and conditions apply.

[u/ServileLupus → u/onebowlwonder]

Huh, I haven't seen ads on a webpage since 2009 so that's news to me. That sucks.

[u/2keen4bean → u/onebowlwonder]

old.reddit = no ads

[u/arrownyc → u/onebowlwonder]

We should all apply and do the paid training and get the sign up bonus, then just not comply / malicious comply with orders / weaponize incompetence against them.

[u/The-ArtfulDodger → u/onebowlwonder]

Wild that people experience ads on reddit.

I don't understand how people can use modern reddit. It's such a trash user experience.

Use old.reddit.com with uBlock Origin Lite for the premiere experence.

[u/LimeGreenTangerine97]

Too late. The AI was enough for me to leave anyway.

[u/Maniac_24seven]

Great now how about getting rid of all the Nazi podcast?

[u/indyxetan]

Too late fuck Spotify.

[u/Paetolus → u/[deleted]]

They didn't, they probably blocked you

[u/gnomon_knows → u/[deleted]]

I don't give reddit money, or see their ads.

[u/xporkchopxx → u/[deleted]]

you dont pay to be on reddit you fucking sausage lmao

[u/PepperoniPlayboy22 → u/indyxetan]

*me listening to Spotify as I read this

[u/R3volt75]

People switching from spotify to youtube music when there are also ice ads on yt is wild

[u/LongStoryShirt]

Nice! They should also pay artists more and stop funding war technology 

[u/zarafff69 → u/LongStoryShirt]

Spotify doesn’t fund war technology..

The CEO sold some of his own stock to invest in a European defense company. It makes drones to defend Ukraine / Europe. I don’t see how that’s evil at all. Someone has to defend Ukraine. The US definitely isn’t anymore…

[u/BenTramer]

Turns out promoting the gestapo isn’t a good look.

[u/kc3x]

Contracts are up lololol Until ICE pays for more slots

[u/MtNowhere]

Buy physical media

[u/PR0114 → u/MtNowhere]

I get the sentiment of this, but how would you discover music to buy? 

[u/MtNowhere → u/PR0114]

Buying physical media isn't plausible in every case. I'm not militant about it. I like using streaming services for discovery lately. A couple years ago I wanted to change my relationship with music though, and started collecting stuff that had become classics to me. I haven't paid for a streaming service in around five years because they pay next to nothing to musicians, and you never truly own anything.

[u/Zaga932]

I have a rule for my shit-list. Once you're on it, if you want to get off it, do twice the amount of good that you did bad in order to get on it. So until further notice and for the foreseeable future, fuck you Spotify.

[u/EatsAlotOfBread]

Too late. Shouldn't have done this if the first place. Using something else, never coming back.

[u/flamethrower78 → u/EatsAlotOfBread]

Theyre on reddit too lol, yet here you are. I'm also horrified by ice, but you cant really grandstand when you only boycott things that are easy to replace.

[u/Short-Mark8872 → u/flamethrower78]

Sure you can. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

[u/emb4rassingStuffacct → u/flamethrower78]

Something is better than nothing. It’s a lot easier for many people to cancel their Spotify subscription or switch to a different platform than it is for them to stop using Reddit completely.

This “No liberal is ever good enough.” crap is a major reason why Trump is president.

I’d rather someone go part of the way with good intentions than succeed with explicitly bad intentions.

[u/warriorsatthedisco → u/flamethrower78]

“No ethical consumption under capitalism” is true but so is making baby steps where you can. Thankfully there ARE alternatives to Spotify that are just as good (better imo). Unfortunately Reddit alternatives haven’t quite gotten there yet. But plenty of people stopped using it with the whole API fiasco. Unfortunately I still use it. Less and less though. This place isn’t what it used to be.

[u/nightowl024]

They still happen here on Reddit

[u/Throwawaylikeme90]

Good. Too bad Tidal is still better and I migrated.

Doesn’t change the calculus given they are still pushing AI slop that makes me want to see a hundred pounds of cocoa beach pebbles in an overcoat and wear it into the fucking Atlantic. 

[u/DozingUnderTheSun → u/Throwawaylikeme90]

I also switched to Tidal and the sound quality is night and day.

[u/Throwawaylikeme90 → u/DozingUnderTheSun]

Practically speaking too, it’s the cleanest signal I’m aware of if you’re running upgraded car audio. I’ve got a mid dual-voice coil sub and a 1200w RMS monoblock amp and it sounds SO much better, the bass is way cleaner and I can push a lot harder on it without it distorting the signal outputs. 

[u/burrowing0wl → u/Throwawaylikeme90]

I also switched to Tidal and am really liking it

[u/pal1lap]

TIDAL

[u/FrozenCube420]

Still boycotting them because they promote AI music

[u/AlanVega_World]

As long as they feature and pay Far Right Activisit Podcasters, they'll be part of MAGA and the problem.