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Users vow to boycott Spotify after streamer runs ICE recruitment ad (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
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The ads urge listeners to “join the mission to protect America” by becoming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, but users of the music streaming giant have taken to social media and Spotify’s website to complain, and announce their withdrawal from the audio platform.

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago

Use Qobuz instead. Or buy music on physical media. Or steal it.

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Doubt it. If the myriad of other controversies Spotify has had over the years hasn't been enough to get users to quit then this isn't going to either.

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    [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Oh yeah for all of five minutes lol. People need to get real and actually stick by their principles even if it's less convenient.

    This is bad, Spotify have been doing bad shit for years. I just don't believe people care enough to actually stop using the service. We need our convenient, easy, quick little treats because otherwise we'll all get too upset and stressed.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    I think people just straight up don't appreciate media as art and just treat it as content slop.

    Spotify wants you to hit play on an artist and just let it random thru whatever. Music isn't on LPs and Albums with concepts and stories and journeys. just wading through an endless sea of singles completely disconnected from their context and meaning.

    I filled the hole from spotify w/ CDs and whatever I could find on BandCamp that I was listening to on Spotify. Music is cheap in relation to the endless subscription of streaming.

    People just can't be bothered to give a shit about anything and it's fucking exhausting.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I left Spotify two months ago for Tidal when it came out that the CEO of Spotify was funding AI murder drones. Tidal is a downgrade in a lot of ways, but I don't want the money I spend on music to fund research into how to kill people more efficiently. It also was a stark reminder that I need to keep copies of music that I listen to all the time, so I've started stockpiling music.

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I keep joining boycotts I was never in danger of violating. Spotify, Meta, X, . . .Kanye, that crazy guy who yells . . .

    “Users Boycott Face-Punching App That Advertised Death To Poor People”

    Huh. Inadvertently fighting for justice again, then.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Wait...

    Y'all get ads with your subscription? 🤔

    Or is this yet another case of morons hearing a podcaster's baked-in ad and blaming the platform for it?

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