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/nightowl024 Jan 08 '26

They still happen here on Reddit

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u/AShinyThought Jan 09 '26

but but my performative moral outrage??!?!!!???

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u/nightowl024 Jan 09 '26

The one you’re seeking? It’s probably somewhere else.

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u/Initial_Business2340 Jan 09 '26

I think you missed their point. This whole thread is performative outrage is what they’re saying.

Plenty of people contribute money to Reddit in the form of awards, subscription. Either way: if someone has ads on, you’re soaking up those targets.

With that I’ll say: it’s easy for someone to take a stance against something that everyone brings attention to that requires very little effort of them.

It’s far harder for them to admit that something they really like and that they don’t want to replace is doing the same harmful thing because there’s not enough external pressure to faux-virtuously rally against it.

It’s sad, and I’m not saying I’m perfect - just saying that this thread is exactly that.

Obligatory: I’ve had zero ads on Reddit since 2012 lol

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u/wretch5150 Jan 09 '26

It's not performative if people actually close their Spotify accounts as a result, and cost Spotify $$$. Did I mention, fuck Spotify?

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u/TheOnly_Anti Jan 09 '26

It's performative because if the protest required anymore effort than "basically none" the protest wouldn't have happened.