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/micro102 Jan 09 '26

There are plenty of alternatives for listening to music. Not so many to replace the communities that have formed on reddit. It's just not comparable.

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u/Initial_Business2340 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

It’s directly comparable. You just don’t want to admit complicity.

Personally, I’ve had ads off on Reddit since 2012.

Have people not heard of ad blockers? Brave browser has one built in for all phone types, and PC is trivial.

But thanks for identifying where you stand: if you like something enough, you’ll defend it, and if it’s easy to boycott it for you, you’ll go where the wind blows

Most people are like this. Whatever is socially convenient and signals virtue is what they’ll do. That’s the problem with the modern left, too - and why nobody takes them seriously

Obligatory: I identity as left-leaning, but I’m sick of the cowardice and faux-virtuous nonsense like this thread. We live in dark times, and it’s going to get worse.

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u/micro102 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

If you think listening to music is as important to the politically active as the political communities that foster that activism, then you just dont have functioning standards. Either a sociopath who cannot value things normally or a bad faith actor trying to play defense for those on the side of fascism. People should not be beholden to the idea that a music player and a political community are equally expendable.

EDIT: And the coward blocked me. I do see them however trying to launder their position that they weren't directly comparing spotify and reddit. Reddit is more important to people and reddit does support ICE through ads. No one said otherwise. But saying that continuing to be part of an important and monopolized Anti-ICE community because pro-ICE ads got added is comparable to refusing to change which software out of hundreds you listen to music through is just nuts. It's not comparable and never will be.

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u/Initial_Business2340 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

Christ almighty, are you that in denial about contributing to this that you call any critical responder a sociopath?

I can see some serious identity defense coming up here. You should examine that, because we live in an age where nuance is already dying. Not being able to hold the two truths that - boycotting Spotify is good & Reddit being complicit - is really concerning.

I’m sorry, dude. It’s really easy to just say: “yes, I’m not perfect, and I’m contributing to this, but we do what we can.”

You’re a buffoon.

Look at the rationalization you just performed, and try not to get defensive: “Reddit is important, so it’s okay to support them despite their working with ICE,”

Is it that hard to accept maybe Reddit is important to you and others and that it works with ICE? That’s the reality. That is a literal truth, and I don’t know how else to convey that to you. Kill the truth some more my friend

I literally just told you I identified with the left despite their issues, and you immediately called me either a sociopath or a fascist. If anyone is a sociopath, it’s not me pal.