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Heidi Li Feldman
Heidi Li Feldman
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

A boycott of Spotify for running ICE recruitment ads is gaining momentum. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spotify-ice-recruitment-ads/ Not the only streaming service that is, but boycotts work best if focused. #NoSpotify

Snopes

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.
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Vic
Vic
@vicfroh@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman You are right about Spotify being an evil, stupid app. I would like to say that after hours of researching, I settled on the Deezer music app, and I was able to transfer my whopping 51,000 songs from Spotify in a short time. Didn't know that was a thing but am sure happy I made the switch. Deezer's shuffle works for me unlike Spotify and Deezer fights against AI music and doesn't fund AI military like Spotify.

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Internet Rando
Internet Rando
@mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman MAKE MP3's GREAT AGAIN!

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Chuck
Chuck
@crdfilm@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman YouTube is running them too.

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May Likes Toronto
May Likes Toronto
@mayintoronto@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman want to leave Spotify but not ready to go to a different style of music consumption? Qobuz is solid and I really like their weekly recommendations. They also have a way to buy music directly, DRM free.

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javensbukan
javensbukan
@javensbukan@mstdn.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@mayintoronto @heidilifeldman I've been pretty happy with Deezer! 🇪🇺 🇫🇷

It used to *suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck* but when I checked in early 2025 I was shocked at how good it was, now it's my daily driver after I abandoned Apple Music 🇺🇸 🚫

Plus, they even have a 'transfer to Deezer' feature which makes it dead simple.

https://www.deezer.com/en/

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sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞
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@sleepy62@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman

And again: Delete #spotify

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That One Walnut
That One Walnut
@thatonewalnut@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman

Honestly I don’t think Spotify is to blame, this is just ICE. Spotify is not even an American company so why would they support an American secret police? If it doesn’t break their advertisement rules it makes them money.

Other platforms also have ICE ads (facebook, IG, and other garbage social media platforms). And let’s not pretent we’ve not all seen cryptobro ads on YT or other finance scam courses.

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Bruce Mirken
Bruce Mirken
@BruceMirken@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman I just complained to a local news channel about the ICE ads on their weather app.

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Mani and the Nonos
Mani and the Nonos
@maniandthenonos@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman Damn, what's not to dislike about that shitshow of a streaming platform?

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Jonathan
Jonathan
@infrequentbrilliance@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman Canceled #Spotify a few weeks ago. Would cancel again if I could!

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SuperSpaceFan
SuperSpaceFan
@SuperSpaceFan@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@heidilifeldman Done! 👍🏽 I just closed my account.

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