There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!
Easiest boycott ever for me
I understand not liking streaming and/or Spotify as a company. But people saying having a bunch of MP3’s on a homeserver is in no way the same experience. At least not for me and a lot of people using Spotify I know.
Music I really like I collect on CD. Spotify is like snacking and for going on music safari’s with related artists or playlists based on my interests. It’s fast, easy, downloads are near instant and I can easy switch to my phone, laptop, car or speakers at work. At a lot of home parties Spotify is used to do a group playlist (yes, YouTube can do that too and every 30 minutes someone will wipe the playlist or add 1600 songs by accident…)
For everything there is a free and open solition but that takes dedication and sacrifice. Switched to Linux a while back, let a man have his vices ;)
Spotify is no longer running U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment advertisements, as the federal government’s campaign concluded at the end of 2025.
Hence the “ran” in the title. Ran is past tense. I didn’t say they were running ads now.
Other issue: I’m not american. Why should I care what ads you guys get? I also have used cracked apps for ages and don’t get ads if I can help it.
Even though you’re not American you must have heard about ICE’s crimes. You really want your money going to a company that ran ads for them?
No ethical consumption under capitalism. If I boycott everything I disagree with, there’s nothing left.
You’re also assuming they have any other interest other than money. It’s a capitalist business, all it cares about is money so of course they will give ad space to anyone they feel they can get away with.
Jesus you guys are performative.
What are you getting out of this, have a word with yourselves.
Being performative? No longer paying some entity is not a mere “performance.”
Intentionally misunderstanding, the ultimate defence of someone feeling attacked and not wanting to self assess.
You can pretend that I’m intentionally avoiding something and not wanting to self assess, but I think you just failed to make your point.
I didn’t understand and its your fault, you failed
Peak.
You have barely even tried to make a point. You just said “Ugh, you guys, ending your spotify subscriptions?! You know nothing!” And then pretended you had something to say.
Well, what is it?
there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, yes, but there are still many shades of grey. everyone needs to develop their own measure for these things, do what feels right for themselves. OP is doing exactly that.
Sure, but OP isnt the only person in here.
Have you been boycotting google too? Amazon? Or just picking and choosing?
Im not the one telling people to stop using stuff
Already stopped using for platforming and paying millions to Joe Rogan
Ah yes Joe Rogan because he actually does interviews and asks questions instead of the mind numbing news outlets who are bought and paid for.
Hot damn you are all over this post repeatedly smashing your face into moldy dog shit with these comments.
Boycott? Never used them in the first place.
You’re doing your part!
Spotify is owned by Hulu who is owned by Disney/ABC.
I was already.
Why would I use any optional platform with ads? I’d rather go without music than hear ads.
Got it. I’ll continue to not use Spotify.
I disliked the company before it was cool
Lolz. Imagine paying for this dogshit to begin with.
I threw Spotify away when they wouldn’t stop platforming Nazis.
I’m sure that this will be the thing that convinces stubborn Spotify users to finally switch after they’ve ignored the last 481 controversies that Spotify has racked up.
I’ll use them even more. Know your efforts are in vain because of me.
Not everyone is aware of the controversies. Until recently I was one of them. I’m hoping this post will reach them and encourage them to join the boycott.
It was more that they pay the artists that make up all their content absolute dog shit in royalties since their inception that made me boycott, this one is just another cherry on the pile
What no they paid that one talkshow libertarian dudeguy millions of dollars a year to be on Spotify checkmate atheists
There are FOSS alternatives.
I made a video about it.
Those are both just YouTube music frontends… That’s not actually an alternative it’s just a wrapper for a different fucked up corporation’s service.
i’ve been boycotting them since 2022. have a separate hard drive just for my mp320/FLAC collection now.
I stopped using spoofy 2 years ago I think? I’ve migrated back to direct downloading all my music. It’s so fun building my library, and I get to properly support my favorite artists too!
No way you paid for all the songs?!
And local libraries!!!
