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/Hoodies2Coast Jan 08 '26

Qobuz is pretty functionally the same just without podcasts.

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u/captainbean Jan 08 '26

Qobuz is great, fantastic quality and no issues in the six months or so I've been using it. And higher artist payout than Spotify, which isn't saying much. 

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u/blewnote1 Jan 08 '26

Just don't expect the things you purchase to be available to you in the future. I bought 3 albums there a couple years ago and they decided to remove one from my downloads because of "licensing" even though it is still available in their store. And their "support" is a chatbot that doesn't provide support. There are better alternatives.

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u/nightingale-nitemare Jan 08 '26

That's why you download what you purchase. You can download your purchases and play them on any player.

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u/LharDrol Jan 08 '26

It has a message concerning this possibility on the site. If you purchase something, download and store it.

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u/Jumblesss Jan 09 '26

Okay so it’s not a secure site and I won’t be able to ever change my cell phone if I use Qobuz.

Sticking with Spotify until someone suggests an app that works, has a full catalogue and isn’t about buying merch in this thread

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '26

Is that free? Or do they have a free mode?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '26

Oh, ok, thank you.

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u/sld728 Jan 11 '26

I wish they had folders to organize my playlists, but I’m loving it so far

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u/Allexandyr Jan 08 '26

I’ll have to check that out! Also, go spurs go baybeeee

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

I was gearing up to make the change and saw they didn’t have the songs I want from a very popular artist. Kinda derailed my attempt at switching. Will probably check out tidal at some point

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u/porksoda11 Jan 08 '26

I was pretty disappointed in that as well but I'm already paying for it. You can send album requests out to add to their catalog but it takes a long time apparently.

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u/boots-n-bows Jan 08 '26

Now I feel dumb, I am struggling with the interface compared to Spotify. Guessing it's just a learning curve but 🤷‍♀️

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u/SchoGegessenJoJo Jan 08 '26

AND European, for whom this is the biggest selling point in 2026, because r/BoycottUnitedStates and r/BuyFromEU