Users vow to boycott Spotify after streamer runs ICE recruitment ad

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The ads urge listeners to “join the mission to protect America” by becoming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, but users of the music streaming giant have taken to social media and Spotify’s website to complain, and announce their withdrawal from the audio platform.

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Tidal

Wikipedia: “Tidal is now majority-owned by Block, Inc., the owner of the point-of-sale system Square."
Yo, hard pass. Corporate platforms are just enshittification waiting to happen. And Jack Dorsey can suck my balls in particular.

Qobuz

Same deal. Just a matter of time before all your music disappears because of some geoppolitical or corporate billshit

In 2021, Qobuz was made available in six more countries: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.[25] Qobuz offered its service in six further countries in 2022: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Portugal,[26] additionally launched in Canada in 2023,[27]and launched in Japan in 2024.[28]

if it can be opened up to a country, it can be blocked just as easily.

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Ok but I’m not sure personally what my other option is? Of course there’s buying the music directly, which good on people for doing that. It is the best and most ethical way. But something I always find kinda frustrating about the “just buy your own music” comments that are always all over these posts is I have a very wide music taste and really like to keep up with new music too. I have over 12,000 songs saved on Spotify. I’m also broke, jobless and homeless. I’m sorry but doing that isn’t a viable option for me. I would love to be able to support all these artists but the best I can do is play their music a lot on Spotify and spread the word about them to others. I also go to a lot of gigs but so many acts that I like are big enough that they play big venues and are very expensive to see because of it.

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Download all you can.
You can always stream from audio to a WAV or MP3 and keep that. Or download from YouTube.

Once you actually have a copy of your music you have options. But while it is all inside some asshole’s walled garden, you are at their mercy

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