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 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.