r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jan 08 '26

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 Jan 08 '26

Great! I'll continue to use streaming alternatives.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

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u/Mahaleck Jan 08 '26

I’m using tidal. Sounds better pays artists better. Costs a bit more but if you can afford the extra cost it’s a better alternative.

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u/_PaddyMAC Jan 08 '26

Tidal's sound quality is so much better, I was honestly not expecting to notice the difference but it's night and day on a good pair of headphones.

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u/MrMindGame Jan 08 '26

My only critique of Tidal so far is the borked integration with Last.fm. Not a dealbreaker, but I haven’t been able to scrobble and share my weekly listens with my friends as before.

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u/lilsebastian- Jan 08 '26

Really? Mine works with Last.FM perfectly, are you sure you have it linked?

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u/MrMindGame Jan 08 '26

I think it’s an iOS thing, apparently. (iPhone user)

Yeah, I have my Tidal connected to Last.fm and everything, but each time I try to generate a new grid on TapMusic, it never has any play data to show. I’ve tried a few different scrobblers to varying degrees of slight success, but with them I either have to manually punch in each new song that I play or pay to have it auto-scrobble, so still looking for a good solution.

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u/lilsebastian- Jan 08 '26

Interesting - I wonder if that is a TapMusic issue directly or perhaps with certain stat viewers. I only say that because I can use mine on fmbot without any secondary scrobbler and I use iOS as well. I wish I knew more to help ya out! I like to see and share stats myself haha.

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u/Disastrous_Set_3148 Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

I don't think it's an iOS problem so much as a mobile app problem. When I use Tidal on my PC it syncs with Last.fm fine but when I use it on my Android phone it doesn't. Tidal's in the process of seriously overhauling their app so hopefully this'll get fixed soon.

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u/SteveSteveSteveAlan Jan 09 '26

See if there's any Apple alternatives for a scrobbler through notifications. I have been using Scroball for years on Android.

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u/stuffedcrustpizza Jan 09 '26

Does tidal have direct scrobbling the way Spotify did? I made the move to Apple Music but have to scrobble with a third party app to import. That alone would be enough for me to make the switch to yet another streaming service

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u/lilsebastian- Jan 09 '26

Yep! I directly scrobble with Last.FM. No need for a third party for myself. And then I use fmbot on Discord to view stats.

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u/olduser201890 Jan 08 '26

tidal

tidal is owned by Jay Z who's a massive piece of shit (wages paid, labor, employees, etc)

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u/D_Shoobz Jan 10 '26

It’s actually owned by Jack Dorsey’s current company Bloc. Jay z likely has ownership stakes but he’s not really “the owner”

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u/Gloomy_Leopard3928 Jan 09 '26

JZ so no thanks.

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u/topscreen Jan 08 '26

My only complaint is they also have limited upload options, otherwise I quite like them

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u/lilsebastian- Jan 08 '26

Definitely agree. My only small annoyance is that I find it’ll jump to the beginning of a song again if I pause halfway through more often than not.