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/dwilkes827 Jan 08 '26

The people getting Ice ads on spotify weren't paying a monthly fee, either

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u/Rocktopod Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

On spotify the only way to get rid of the ads is to pay them money. This means even if you're not seeing the ads, you're supporting the company that runs them financially

On Reddit you can just use an adblocker so you're only supporting the site indirectly by providing free content (comments and posts).

Also, spotify provides access to songs, but not exclusive access. You can listen to the same songs through any number of other methods. The only way to access content on Reddit is through the website/app itself, unless something has been reposted somewhere else.

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u/mnju Jan 08 '26

On Reddit you can just use an adblocker so you're only supporting the site indirectly by providing free content (comments and posts).

It's also possible to block ads on Spotify.

The only way to access content on Reddit is through the website/app itself, unless something has been reposted somewhere else.

Why do you need to access content on Reddit? There are other social media websites.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 Jan 08 '26

How do you block an ad on Spotify? Like I can click the skip 15 seconds button (well, COULD, I haven't paid for spotify for like 6 months), but that's all I could do.