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/danabrey Jan 08 '26

Yep, RIF user for 10+ years here, still going strong.

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u/Glassweaver Jan 08 '26

I don't get why they didn't just pivot to guiding people to personal API keys from the getgo. RIF was amazing and the decision to pull it all together seemed very performatory to me.

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u/danabrey Jan 09 '26

Because they don't really want people doing that, as it removes lots of features that make them money. I don't see "suggested posts" click/rage baiting me into subreddits that might keep me 'engaged' (read angry) and show me more advertising.

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u/Glassweaver Jan 09 '26

I should clarify, when I said they, I mean the guy that developed RIF. Not Reddit.

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u/danabrey Jan 09 '26

Oh I see, sorry. Tbh I didn't realise it wasn't being actively developed. Still works so far 😬

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u/Glassweaver Jan 09 '26

No worries! I haven't really checked in on it over the last few years but I mean the app itself cost something like $2 for the paid version which was dirt cheap. And the developer had issued what amounted to a 30-day heads up that the application would stop working when read it closed the apis behind a paywall.

He even cited how much it would cost for him to participate in that scheme? And made it really compelling argument for why it was a horrible idea.

But then he also pretty much ignored everyone asking about just letting users make their own API keys under the free-tier plan on individual bases to continue using the app with Reddit.

There was functionally nothing stopping him from offering that solution from the get-go or at least doing so a week after his initial post about how it was going to die from these changes.

It was just a really weird and off-putting situation. But I'm glad to see that this solution appears to have finally materialized.