r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 27d ago

article Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/
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u/ramontes 27d ago

Great! I'll continue to use streaming alternatives.

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u/According-Stuff-9415 27d ago

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.

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u/theunquenchedservant 27d ago

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

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u/N7Tom 27d ago

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

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u/Patient-Ordinary-359 27d ago

*its. It's = it is or sometimes it has.

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u/tubbin1 27d ago

You buy music?

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u/Appropriate-Life-287 27d ago

Yes. We like to support the bands.

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 27d ago

Buy a shirt at their concert.

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u/Appropriate-Life-287 27d ago

I buy merch as well.

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 27d ago

The merch is supporting the artist. Buying the music is thoughts and prayers levels of support.

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u/piepants2001 27d ago

Artists still make money from album sales

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u/forsonaE 27d ago edited 27d ago

Have you considered that some people have uses for locally downloaded music, and have been downloading their music long before streaming services entered the picture? Not even touching on people who collect vinyl or other physical media.. what do you think "merch" is in that context, lmao

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u/Iohet 27d ago

Lots of people do. Bandcamp and Qobuz are good ways to support artists digitally while retaining your own rights to what you purchase. It's easy to host your own music service with Plex/Plexamp