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Is Spotify running advertising for ICE or Border patrol recruitment?

Is Spotify running advertising for ICE or Border patrol recruitment? If I see 1 ad for such nonsense, I will be cancelling my Spotify accounts and will encourage all others to do the same. 

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Bye I‘m gone 

I just downloaded both the Qobuz app and the Tidal App. I was able to transfer all of my Spotify playlists and albums to both apps and will try both of them out before deciding which one to go with. Wish I had done this sooner, as Spotify also pays the artists the lowest rate per streamed song of all the streaming platforms Apparently, both Qobuz and Tidal pay the highest rate. I was planning to resubscribe to Spotify if they pulled their ICE recruitment ads but now that I transferred over all my playlists to these other 2 platforms I'm done for good. Also just FYi, both Apple and Google have also been complicit in supporting Trump's use of ICE has his personal army, so switching to Apple/Tim Cook or YouTube for music is kind of a lateral move. And Amazon/Jeff Bezos is yet another ass kisser of Trump. Time to punish all of these **bleep**ers by withholding the only thing they care about - our money 💵 

Pandora has ads for ICE too on their free version. 

Don't know how to get this note to the leaders at Spotify, but maybe they will see it if I post it here? If people have an email address to suggest where I should send this I would appreciate. Thanks! Dear Spotify - I am very concerned to learn that Spotify is running ads to recruit ICE for the US government. This is NOT OK!!!! ICE is kidnapping people off the streets without due process. Their actions are both immoral and unconstitutional and you shouldn't be running ads for them on your platform. I can't believe I am asking you not to run ads from the US government, but this is where we find ourselves. We have been loyal paying customers of Spotify for many years. We are being asked to boycott. I'm hoping you will change course so we can continue to enjoy the great platform you've created. Please change course.

Basically, you tell the US government to shove their ICE advertising squarely where the sun don't shine. And whilst you're at it. Tell your owner to stop investing in dystopian AI, Israeli arms suppliers and anything generally pretty gross. 

Can someone share an ad Spotify ran for this? I haven’t seen it yet but would absolutely cancel if there’s proof.

Canceling Spotify now.  Just signed up for Qobuz.  Shame on you, Spotify.

I cancelled my subscription. Been a subscriber for years. Now I have to go find out what quvoe is, that other music platform not taking money from ice.

ICE is advertising on Spotify and they (Spotify) don't think there's anything wrong with it. I hate to cancel, but I will unless they backtrack. While I don't think there's a problem with legitimate organizations advertising, the problem is that armed, masked ICE agents with no ID and no warrants are literally snatching people off of the street. That's anti-American. I'd call it Taliban. Hamas. ISIS. ICE.

Just canceled my subscription. Shame, taking everything from us like this  

Looking at the same thing… about to cancel and change to another platform 

Spotify you need to stop taking dirty money or you won’t have mine

I canceled my Premium subscription yesterday. Enough is enough. Spotify doesn't deserve another chance.

I think it would be really cool if Spotify didn't use its platform to support secret police who kidnap people off the street, zip-tie children, and shoot people in the head for fun. That's it, that's the idea.

This is the only way I could figure out to get my message to you. I've canceled my Premium subscription and deleted your app. When you no longer carry advertising for ICE, I'll be happy to resubscribe. How you can accept money from and promote an "organization" that kidnaps and disappears human beings (like in 1940's Germany) is beyond me. Shame on you.

Completely disgusted by the ICE recruitment ads!  Get rid of them!

I heard Pandora was also signed up to air ice ads

Running ads for ICE!? Pathetic. Spotify user for years. Canceled, and encourage others to do the same.  

I'm with you. Reluctantly. Very disappointed in the ICE ads. Say it ain't so...well it is, so I'm cancelling my account now. 

Just did the same! 

 

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