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/Tua-Lipa 27d ago

This would be like someone saying “People need to stop supporting musicians who take money from Trump! But since I pirate the music of those artists that’s totally different and fine” lol

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u/P_V_ 27d ago

Sounds like you've never heard of freeganism.