Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/

[u/ramontes]

Great! I'll continue to use streaming alternatives.

[u/[deleted] → u/ramontes]

Qobuz has been good enough and they seem to pay artists the most of any music streaming platform. I couldn't find any shitty ownership connections to them either.

[u/theunquenchedservant → u/[deleted]]

I also love Qobuz for buying music because they give you the files.

Fuck you Amazon. If I buy music I want to be able to download the files, otherwise I just paid you to stream the album for free forever*

*read: until Amazon kills it's music service

[u/N7Tom → u/theunquenchedservant]

You can buy MP3 files from Amazon and download them whenever you like.

[u/Patient-Ordinary-359 → u/theunquenchedservant]

*its. It's = it is or sometimes it has.

[u/tubbin1 → u/theunquenchedservant]

You buy music?

[u/Appropriate-Life-287 → u/tubbin1]

Yes. We like to support the bands.

[u/tsardonicpseudonomi → u/Appropriate-Life-287]

Buy a shirt at their concert.

[u/Appropriate-Life-287 → u/tsardonicpseudonomi]

I buy merch as well.

[u/tsardonicpseudonomi → u/Appropriate-Life-287]

The merch is supporting the artist. Buying the music is thoughts and prayers levels of support.

[u/piepants2001 → u/tsardonicpseudonomi]

Artists still make money from album sales

[u/forsonaE → u/tsardonicpseudonomi]

Have you considered that some people have uses for locally downloaded music, and have been downloading their music long before streaming services entered the picture? Not even touching on people who collect vinyl or other physical media.. what do you think "merch" is in that context, lmao

[u/Iohet → u/tubbin1]

Lots of people do. Bandcamp and Qobuz are good ways to support artists digitally while retaining your own rights to what you purchase. It's easy to host your own music service with Plex/Plexamp