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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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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I wish headlines (and journalists in general) wouldn't be so afraid about repeating words and names.

My first question was "Which streamer?", and now I'm thinking they probably just didn't want to use the name "Spotify" twice.

I've been noticing this trend over the last few years. They also seem to be using pronouns less.

Gaming journalists will write about Mario and say something like...

"Super Mario Odyssey is the newest Mario game where the red-hatted plumber takes on Bowser! The Nintendo superstar has all kinds of new abilities, and the mushroom-chomping, goomba-stomping hero even has a new friend!"

It just makes things annoying to read, imo

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Not HBO... Nooooo

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Wasn't using it, but I had it installed.

Key word: had. I just uninstalled. Fuck fascists and anyone who supports them.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

My tax dollars at work

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Damnit. Ok.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I quit Spotify when they gave hundreds of millions of dollars to vaccine denying cocksuckers. But I still see people using it, and they all seem to be gay men, or oblivious women.

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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I know Apple Music isn’t much better, but I think I can convince some of my Spotify friends to make the switch with this article. I could also be convinced to switch to Tidal. I think they pay more royalties per stream than Apple Music, and Apple Music pays more than Spotify (correct me if I’m wrong).

Again, I know Apple Music probably also has issues, but Apple doesn’t seem to be in the business of selling your data… yet. They also have less bloat (e.g. no AI DJ) compared to Spotify. However, I’m not happy about Tim Cook sucking up to Trump.

Jellyfin, and similar makes a lot of sense for movies, but imo, music is released too frequently to maintain an up to date library. I do buy physical copies of my favorite albums, but streaming is really nice for music discovery.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Users still using Spotify lol.
I quited Spotify and I don't get these kind of ads.

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