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There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A friend from a local band told me that the money they're making from streaming is maybe barely enough to cover the cost of being on the platform to begin with. So yeah, I can agree with "fuck Spotify" even before going to the sketchy stuff they've been funding and promoting.

I'm going the self hosting route myself. Navidrome running on a small PC at home, Symfonium on my phone, and music from Bandcamp and CDs I've bought. If you care about the artists you're listening to, you should care about supporting them. Buying a digital album on Bandcamp Friday for 10 bucks means 10 bucks going directly to the artist with no deductions. I haven't looked at the numbers, but you'd probably have to be streaming their stuff thousands of times before they make the same money from streaming.

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[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

ICE ads have also been ran on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram), Google platforms (Google Search, YouTube), Twitter, HBO Max, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Snapchat. Basically all of big tech that sell ads, with the notable exception of TikTok, which does not allow political and government advocacy ads.

[–] morto@piefed.social 28 points 1 day ago (8 children)

And I'm boycotting them all! Come on, people, we can do it!

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

I threw Spotify away when they wouldn't stop platforming Nazis.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Maybe try Qobuz, it seems not fascist.

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago

I've been using Qobuz for a couple of years now. No AI slop and I like their albums reviews and artist write-ups.

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[–] Catoklysm@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago

I been on Tidal since last November

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Way ahead of you, i don't use spotify since 2018, when my favorite podcast at the time stopped to been exclusive from they, never give those fuckers a cent

[–] SandwichesAreNice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does anyone know any good alternatives?

[–] SurveyLance@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I have seen Qobuz and Deezer mentioned a lot as a good alternative in this post.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Haven't been using Spotify for over a year now. And before that it's only been hacked Spotify.

[–] Adrien_0715@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I deleted my account, the subscription price is wayyyyyy too high.

Easiest boycott ever for me

[–] wowbaggerip@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

TIL this TIL community has some real thick members but I also learned that the community is doing a great job of ensuring they are properly ratioed.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

This happened quite some time ago.

AudiCable gives you the ability to download your Spotify library to your storage outside of the Spotify app. This will violate their ToS and they'll lock you out of your account until you contact support and tell them you won't do it again. I haven't tried this (yet) but I suspect you can download your Spotify library inside the app, turn off your internet, run AudiCable and transfer your library, then uninstall Spotify and they'll presumably never know.

... in Minecraft.

Qobuz is a outstanding music streaming service. If you're into EDM then check out Beatport.

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[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I stopped using spoofy 2 years ago I think? I've migrated back to direct downloading all my music. It's so fun building my library, and I get to properly support my favorite artists too!

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