[jMyles]

This is one of (though not the only) reasons I'm uncomfortable having my music on Spotify.

I do still publish there, but I vastly prefer my fans grab my music via IPFS or Bit Torrent.

It's so bizarre that someone hovering over the "play" button on one of my songs doesn't know whether they're about to hear Harry's mandolin or an authoritarian recruiting pitch.

[resters]

I cancelled over it. Not worth it to support a company that is willing to profit from ICE.

[vincnetas]

My reason why i consider canceling is that Spotify decided that it also wants to be a video platform. And now i have to enable screen time on Spotify so that my kids wont spend whole time "listening to music" but actually watching brainrot. Before there was no need for screen time limits on spotify.

[krembo]

You could say the same about DEA, in anarchy each sets its own line for what's good or bad, legal or not.

[MangoToupe]

If you think apple won't bend over for ICE you're crazy

[gherkinnn]

They have in the app store, so yes. And yet, I can't boycott everything at once. Facebook and Spotify are a good place to start, there are plenty of alternatives and plenty of alternative reasons to cancel your subscription.

[MangoToupe]

Short of moving out of the country or certain acts that aren't legal to advocate for in this country, who cares what you do

[inemesitaffia]

HBO Max, X, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, LinkedIn and Meta, as well as cable television channels.

[jMyles]

Yeah, as I said, I prefer my fans get my music from IPFS or Bit Torrent or some other decentralized place. I have the same objections to Apple Music that I have to Spotify and all the rest of the DRM crooks.

[anigbrowl]

There's already an artist-led movement to boycott Spotify, if you were looking for motivation to move your stuff to a competitor like Bandcamp or Tidal. This article is not about the ICE advertisements.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/12/spotify-b...

[jMyles]

All of my music is already on Bandcamp and Tidal. I just haven't gone the next step and pulled it from Spotify.

[acosmism]

ditto. my friends can't even play my song even if i sent a link to my profile

[insane_dreamer]

What about Bandcamp?

[jMyles]

Yep, my music is already on bandcamp:

https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/

...but I think that the decentralized solutions are even better.