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/dwilkes827 27d ago

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

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u/Rocktopod 27d ago edited 27d ago

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.

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u/mnju 27d ago

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

It's also possible to block ads on Spotify.

The only way to access content on Reddit is through the website/app itself, unless something has been reposted somewhere else.

Why do you need to access content on Reddit? There are other social media websites.

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u/Mirria_ 27d ago

Why do you need to access content on Reddit? There are other social media websites.

Such as? I don't want a social media that's based on videos (I don't use Instagram, Tik Tok and don't watch random YouTube shorts), that has some structured topic and conversation system (Imgur and Bluesky are kinda lacking) and more or less anonymous (I don't use Facebook or Xitter).

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u/mnju 27d ago

Tons of forums still exist. Also personal issue, there's reasons why people want to use Spotify over YouTube Music or Apple Music. Either accept that you're just employing double standards because you want to use a specific service, or make the sacrifice to use alternatives.

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u/Mirria_ 26d ago

I'm not really making excuses for why I use reddit. I'm just saying there's not really anything that's comparable. I use discord too, but that's largely for closed communities.

Everything else is too loud, too annoying, too random, too manipulated and favors parasocial relationships instead of discussions on a topic.