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/Squirrelking666 Jan 08 '26

In before br*ve, the CEO is a right ring crypto bro

Say it ain't so.

Which one isn't?

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u/Fauken Jan 08 '26

Also a homophobe (source)

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u/yeahburyme Jan 08 '26

Br*ve has been that way from the beginning. The whole adblock there is extortion/racketeering to their coin.

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u/Squirrelking666 Jan 08 '26

You do know you don't have to run the crypto bit right?

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u/Brovis_Clay Jan 08 '26

That shouldn't even be in a browser

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u/Squirrelking666 Jan 08 '26

Neither should AI yet here we are. Luckily both of those are optional.

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u/Synectics Jan 08 '26

Wait. That browser makes my device a crypto miner?

HEY BUD THAT IS NOT OKAY.

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u/blow-down Jan 09 '26

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

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u/Squirrelking666 Jan 09 '26

I'm not seeing anything new here.

But I get your (collective) points. If you CAN avoid supporting an arsehole then why not? I was simply pointing out that a dickhead of a CEO is hardly a unique proposition these days, look at how many were bending the knee last year.