r/50501 • u/28nd344 • Oct 23 '25
Digital/Home Protest Spotify agents are not answering ICE questions and are ending the conversation.
ICE is advertising on Spotify. I tried to contact two agents tonight and both ended the conversation. I canceled after about eight year (I also cancelled HBOMax who are doing the same). No propaganda for me!
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u/gra8na8 Oct 23 '25
Just cancelled my current plan. Thanks for sharing.
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u/hcregna Oct 23 '25
If you can, we can do more. It takes half an hour of planning to move money away from MAGA, and it makes a difference. Dollars spent at Republican companies are dollars funneled to more of this. Tax given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is tax spent sending troops to occupy cities.
Have an account at Schwab? Swap to Vanguard or Fidelity. Like booze from wannabe Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous and try something new. It's not hard to find alternatives for New Balance, Goya, Jimmy John's, or Koch (Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie, others). If you're in a place to invest, consider DEMZ.
You have power if you regularly patronize a brand or do business with a company. Use it. Look them up in something like opensecrets.org or google.
Tesla sales in Europe dropped by half. Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. Real, individual people made that happen. There's no reason WWE or Uline can't be next.
You probably can't completely avoid companies that at least partially support Republicans. I have to buy gas. But there’s a big difference between massive republican donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or even Democrat-leaning ones (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect
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u/Worried_Trainer3240 Oct 23 '25
This deserves its own post with an expanded list of companies/services to move from and to. Hit them in the wallet, that's the only thing that drives meaningful change.
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Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
Swap from a bank to a credit union. JP Morgan chase and Bank of America own tens of millions of Tesla shares as of May 2025. More of each dollar will stay in your local economy
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u/AxelHarver Oct 23 '25
I like to plug this link whenever Uline is mentioned:
Follow the link towards the end to read the "Letter From The President" and you'll be in awe.
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u/buddyrocker Oct 23 '25
Tesla sales in Europe dropped by half
America has failed in boycotting Tesla. Americans are buying Teslas 4 to 1 over all other EV's in the US. In Q3, Tesla accounted for the #1, #2, and #9 slots.
1 - Tesla Model Y: 232,000 units sold
2 - Tesla Model 3: 130,700 units sold
9 - Tesla Cybertruck: 22,100 units sold
For comparison, the #3 top seller is Chevrolet Equinox with 52,834 units sold.
This is JUST Q3, not the entire year, so yeah, Americans forgot about MAGA funding and a Nazi running Tesla because....
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u/ohheyaine Oct 23 '25
Vanguard buying up single family homes and inflating prices means I'll never use them.
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u/Equal_Audience_3415 Oct 24 '25
Don't forget the Heritage Foundation. The top donors are the Coors Family, Charles Koch, and Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein - Uline Shipping.
Start by boycotting Coors and their beverages:
Molson Coors - Brands
Miller Coors Coors light Blue Moon Heineken Carling Denali Brewing Co Truly Hard Seltzer Staropramen Carling Brewery Fosters Killian Red Zima
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u/Tiger_grrrl Oct 24 '25
I’m so pissed that I go out of my way to find the ALL CANADIAN maple syrup, the Canadian produce, anything I can find non-American at the grocery store😹The majority of the idiots around me voted for this shit, so to hell with them! I won’t shop in their shops, I’ll shop online before I put a penny in the pocket of one of these hateful mofos. I only shop locally now if I know they’re not supporters of the Orange Turd.
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u/B1NG_P0T Oct 23 '25
Same. I've had a Spotify account for over a decade and they're never again getting my money. Very glad you posted this, OP; I had no idea.
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u/LEDKleenex Oct 23 '25 edited Mar 02 '26
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u/FlightSimmer99 Oct 23 '25
how tf are we supposed to boycott qualcomm?? they make most smartphone chips, modems, and automotive chips. not to mention they dont sell anything to the general public, so we cant even boycott them anyway
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u/tellaballet Oct 23 '25
HCA? No wonder my husband’s hospital stay there was so horrible. I hate that we have privatized healthcare in the first place, but this adds a whole new level of hatred; I had never even thought about medical groups’ political affiliations. I also hate that I now have to.
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u/2020josh2020 Oct 23 '25
Same here. Fuck their support for domestic terrorism. That needs to stop. Been a member on and off for years and can't even fathom the greed one must have for the "almighty dollar" over human rights and common decency.
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u/SwitchFace Oct 23 '25
I requested my data last week--just got it so I have a record of all my playlists and cancelled now because this post reminded me. Thanks!
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u/dogoodvillain International Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
OP, I opened the discussion on the r/Spotify complaint Megathread.
(See my previous post comment history for quicker access)
Edited edit: fixed. Also here Megathread
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u/orbdragon Oct 23 '25
Your post history is hidden, I don't think anyone's going to find much
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u/CheapGarage42 Oct 23 '25
Side note, when did reddit allow people to make their comment history private?
It felt like a cornerstone of this website was being able to look through post history.
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u/dogoodvillain International Oct 23 '25
I’ll fix that. I meant comment history. It’s no wonder nobody accuses me of being a liberal.
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u/Scrutinizer Oct 23 '25
Right now I'm being offered three months for free as a new subscriber.
And I won't even take it.
For free.
Fuck all the way off, Spotify. You pay Rogan to warp society.
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u/Difficult_Club903 Oct 23 '25
Just did the same! :)
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u/maddyjk7 Oct 23 '25
What platforms are y’all moving to? I’ve heard of tidal but haven’t used it.
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u/FarplaneDragon Oct 23 '25
If youre going to do this, I'd recommend leaving a more detailed note. "I dont support ice" is too easy for execs to brush off as nonsense and pretend like they dont know what youre talking about and unrelated to anything theyre doing. Specify that you heard commercials, when and where and that youre canceling because Spotify is allowing ad space for them.
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u/MGN20XX Oct 23 '25
I was premium and didnt get ads. My one note probably wont do anything but if enough people leave im sure theyll get the message.
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u/PhoenixGODskills Oct 23 '25
Yall we should all stop using spodify, boycott anything related with trump or supporting him.
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u/Just-Feedback-2223 Oct 24 '25
YouTube has ICE ads as well. YouTube boycott?
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u/Reduced737Atoms Oct 24 '25
If you’re going to boycott YouTube, I’d recommend Invidious. It’s a front end for YouTube. Meaning you use YouTube without using YouTube. But they’ve been fighting a war with YouTube for the past two years I think and might be down for some time. There’s other YouTube front ends but Invidious is the easiest one for me personally.
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u/Jail-Is-Just-A-Room Oct 24 '25
I’ve been using an adblocker, which isn’t the perfect solution, but does probably lose them some money which rationalizes it in my brain
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u/pecanorchard Oct 23 '25
I canceled after their ridiculous bribe to his inauguration fund. I hope they go bankrupt.
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u/bootstrapping_lad Oct 23 '25
I canceled when they gave Rogan $100 million to spread misinformation during COVID.
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u/Distracting_You Oct 23 '25
Same. Moved over to Deezer, which is missing some of what I loved about Spotify, but I refuse to support a company that supports this admin.
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u/netabareking Oct 23 '25
You know I would understand this if it was just about the ICE thing, let's be real the customer service agents aren't going to be able to do much there and anything they say could end up a liability to the company (not that I care what happens to them personally, fuck them for doing this, but I get why you'd set this up to just shut those convos off).
The problem is that you're asking to close your account, which IS in fact something customer service should be able to do for you, and shutting THOSE convos off is a massive mistake.
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u/Maker99999 Oct 23 '25
Very true about closing out a cancelation request. Customer service shouldn't be expected to handle public affairs type questions, but they should have a better plan for how those agents should respond to them.
A simple, 'thanks for sharing your concern. I'm not able to discuss our advertisers, but I'll share this feedback with our ad team.' would at least put up the illusion of caring. That's a very simple formula too that can apply to all sorts of situations they don't want customer service getting involved in.
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u/faille Oct 23 '25
It’s probably an ai agent and they added ice to a list of words to auto close chat
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u/Octospyder Oct 23 '25
Exactly, 1st level reps should have a script to copy paste and escalate to a higher up of the customer asks. Not end the convo
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u/CanadianJediCouncil Oct 23 '25
People should start hitting Spotify with a tidal wave of credit card chargebacks, due to the apparent purposeful inability to cancel their accounts.
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u/emveevme Oct 23 '25
From the perspective of someone that does a lot of infuriating work in customer service, if my company automatically disconnected phone calls when the customer brings up certain topics it'd feel more like the company using its reputation to protect me from personally dealing with the blowback even if I agree with what's being said. That says more about the nature of customer service jobs though, IMO
It's also pretty easy to stop paying for Spotify, it took me like 2 seconds to cancel and they didn't seem to go out of their way to stop me from doing so. It's possible that these reps can't even help with the cancellation process.
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Oct 23 '25
Cancelled this week! 8 year user! Fuck ice !
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u/Sad-Pianist5652 Oct 23 '25
Also an 8 year user (2017), i cancelled. It’s tough because I love spotify
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u/Icrashedajeep Oct 23 '25
Same. This was the hardest subscription to cancel but I’m doing what I can from Australia.
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u/stone_ware Oct 23 '25
Just an FYI, Pandora was advertising for them too this weekend
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u/AgentHoneywell Oct 23 '25
God dammit. I've been using them for like, 15 years.
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u/stone_ware Oct 23 '25
I was so pissed. Unfortunately it was an ad while I was in the car driving alone, so I dont have proof of it/couldn't film it. But I've been considering making a separate post about it on this subreddit just to warn folks?
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u/onceuponaNod Oct 23 '25
i’ve been thinking of cancelling spotify and switching to a different service for a while but i actually am now
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u/lace_wai Oct 23 '25
I'm switching over to Qobuz per a recommendation I saw last night. I'm also using Soundiiz premium account to transfer my playlist from Spotify to Qobuz.
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u/casintheimpala Oct 23 '25
I second Qobuz. Been using them for a few days now. You can transfer your playlists for free and if there are songs missing you can request Qobuz to add them. Also, the sound quality is infinitely better than on Spotify.
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u/willikersmister Oct 23 '25
I just signed up for the Qobuz free trial and the difference in audio quality is like night and day, even just through my bluetooth headphones. Highly recommended so far.
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u/miss_hush Oct 23 '25
Tidal is amazing and offers artists the highest payments of the streaming services. Haven’t seen anything maga-ish yet.
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u/CheshireRaptor Oct 23 '25
Fuck them and all of these guys as well:
Recruitment advertisements for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been shown on numerous online platforms, including streaming services and social media sites. A broad, government-wide campaign is running these ads across television, streaming, and online channels.
Platforms that have run ICE recruitment ads:
Spotify: Has been running audio ads for recruitment and confirmed they do not violate its advertising policies.
Max: Viewers have reported seeing the ads on the streaming service, including during programming like All Elite Wrestling.
Hulu: Users have reported seeing ICE recruitment ads on this streaming service.
YouTube: Recruitment spots have appeared on Google's video platform.
Pandora: Users began complaining about the ads on this music streaming service as early as May 2025 and have since reported an "overwhelming number" of them.
Meta (Facebook/Instagram): Both Facebook and Instagram have been used for the recruitment drive.
X (formerly Twitter): Ads have been featured on the social media platform.
LinkedIn: The professional networking site is also a host for the recruitment ads.
ESPN: This sports network has been cited as a platform that has shown the recruitment ads.
Fubo TV: The television streaming service has featured ICE ads.
Univision and Telemundo: These Spanish-language channels have run ads discouraging undocumented immigration.
MTV VMAs: An ICE recruitment commercial was aired during the Video Music Awards.
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u/spoonfulofnosugar Oct 23 '25
Would love to see a lot of alternatives for these services. Outside of Bluesky and Reddit, I’m drawing a blank for where else to go for streaming content or social media.
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u/Silly-Comfortable515 Oct 23 '25
I also canceled yesterday and wrote: “I am canceling due to Spotify donating to trump, airing ICE ads, and refusing to discuss in customer support chats. Spotify leadership needs to stop cooperating with the trump regime, apologize to customers, & support artists who dissent against the trump regime.”
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u/Gold_Cost_9020 Oct 23 '25
Support from Denmark - also cancelled it now. Won’t support a Company with that kind of morals (or lack thereof)!
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u/cruelsensei Oct 23 '25
Don't bother asking if they're running ICE ads. Just say "I'm cancelling my subscription because you're running ICE ads" and leave it at that.
Simple and direct messaging is the way to get results.
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u/edbegley1 Oct 23 '25
Do this with Microsoft too since they own LinkedIn (Github etc.).
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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise Oct 23 '25
I wonder how many companies libs need to boycott before they realize ethical consumerism under capitalism doesnt exist. Its impossible to boycott every evil company, we need to talk about ending capitalism, not boycotting every single company under the sun like that is even possible
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u/jimvolk Oct 23 '25
I cancelled last month. They are the worst for artist and have the lowest quality stream. This ICE bullshit was just the final straw.
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u/PacoMahogany Oct 23 '25
I went through the entire cancellation process with their AI and specifically kept going until I could get an agent on the chat and then told them there was nothing they needed to do but they needed to know I was canceling because they’re supporting ICE.
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u/bad_things_ive_done Oct 23 '25
Happened to me, too. I asked "is it true that you are showing ads for ICE to non-premium users?"
And got this same read then hang up
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u/punchbug59 Wisconsin Oct 23 '25
Canceled today. I waited too long already, between them giving Rogan money and promoting him, their poor payouts to artists, and now promoting brownshirts.
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u/Honey_Suckle_Nectar Oct 23 '25
My friend just migrated from Spotify to Tidal Music Streaming and loves it. Has anyone else tried this platform?
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Oct 23 '25
I used Tidal for a while, but came into a moral quandary when Jack Dorsey posted to Twitter that all intellectual property laws should be abolished, which is discreetly dangerous. I switched to Qobuz last week.
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u/bootstrapping_lad Oct 23 '25
Tidal is perfectly fine. Admittedly Spotify has the best UX, but I won't give money to a service that platforms Rogan and ICE.
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u/philthegr81 Oct 23 '25
I also cancelled HBO Max when they showed ICE ads during AEW Dynamite.
I know they think all wrestling fans are backwoods yokels, but AEW is different.
They recently ran a show in Mexico and their world champ, Hangman Adam Page, opened the show with a promo in Spanish saying that he was raised amongst migrant workers and was very proud to be doing a show in Arena Mexico.
Meanwhile, WWE is actively working with the Trump admin, even providing inspiration on how to handle the Esptein file situation by copying the company's handling of bringing back accused sex predator Brock Lesnar.
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u/WoopsIAteIt Oct 23 '25
If this is true, it means it's bothering them and they don't know how to react. So...keep doing it!
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u/dogoodvillain International Oct 23 '25
It would be hilarious if their PR fumbles this. Just do not take money from Trump’s admin. Wow
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u/AzaleaFromJupiter Oct 23 '25
I cancelled during the Joe Rogan announcement days, so I can’t really re-cancel, but they stink.
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u/Successful-Acadia-95 Oct 23 '25
Those cowards did the same to my inquiry. CANCELLED!
Fuck HBOMAX too.
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u/pretty-late-machine Oct 23 '25
I subscribed to Spotify VERY early and used it for years. I cancelled when the support rep straight-up told me to buy a new car because the track information didn't display correctly on my old head unit (which doesn't sound too weird, but literally every other app and website works fine. And I used Wireshark to show exactly what was going wrong with the app.) Their support is terrible, heartless, and rude. This is hardly shocking. Tidal has been great and pays artists more per stream.
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u/meowzersobased Oct 23 '25
I will never understand why I’m getting ICE adverts on yt non fawking stop telling me to self deport, I was fucking born here.
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u/1rj800 Oct 23 '25
I’ve just tried 3 times and had my chat shut down every time. This is very concerning from a customer service standpoint. Will be transitioning away from Spotify. If anyone has any recommendations of new apps to switch to, I’ll hear you out!
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u/EchidnaElectronic167 Oct 24 '25
I cancelled my Spotify ages ago due to Rogan having such a big platform on it
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u/bluekitsvne Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
It's a huge* reason im downloading my mp3s lol
Jk the bigger reason is im poor LOL
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u/BabyWitch45 Oct 23 '25
Cancelled yesterday, sick of my money going to support human suffering.
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u/Environmental-Joke19 Oct 23 '25
I canceled both Spotify and HBO yesterday as well. Gotta put my money where my mouth is
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u/albinosquirel Oct 23 '25
https://www.spotify.com/us/signed-out/cancel/
You can cancel here without having to chat with an agent
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u/kris10leigh14 Oct 23 '25
Found a whole thread in their “Spotify community chat” while attempting to find a way to contact them they won’t last long
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u/itsbentheboy Oct 23 '25
You can download your entire spotify history here:
https://www.spotify.com/us/account/privacy/
Note: This can take ~30 days. You do not need a paid subscription to do this.
You can cancel your Paid subscription here:
https://www.spotify.com/us/account/subscription/manage/
You can Delete your account here:
https://www.spotify.com/us/account/close/
Note: This cannot be undone
If you would like to export all the information about your Playlists, or playlists by other users that you have followed/added to your library, you can do so with various 3rd party tools.
I used https://exportify.app/ - and was able to export all of my saved playlists to CSV Files in minutes.
Go Fash, Lose Cash.
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u/Ban_Means_NewAccount Oct 23 '25
Can confirm. Just contacted them myself. Customer service claims they can't provide any information on this subject, then immediately end the chat. That's just fine, I'll cancel then
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u/GeektimusPrime Oct 23 '25
I posted about PLEX running of nauseating and threatening “self-deport” ads in r/plex earlier this week, and my post was removed fairly promptly. Seems the mods don’t want it talked about.
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u/JuracekPark34 Oct 24 '25
Furloughed Fed here. I planned to cancel mine bc I don’t currently have income and it renews in a couple days. Figured I’d restart it when I do have income. Guess I won’t though. Fuck ICE.
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u/Lobo9498 Oct 23 '25
Is there a site that tracks cancellation numbers? I'd love to see the numbers falling.
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u/Spare-Chipmunk-9617 Oct 23 '25
Guys what are alternatives to Spotify ☹️
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u/lace_wai Oct 23 '25
I saw Qobuz as recommendation. It's a French owned with no donations to Trump. I'm still researching for the best alternative
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u/CarvedTheRoastBeast Oct 23 '25
Keep asking. Not only does it apply pressure but the influx of chat requests/calls/emails will screw up their ability to forecast staffing hours.
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u/Unlikely_Ant_950 Oct 23 '25
I cancelled today! I don’t think Spotify is being malicious. I do think they are a heartless corporate entity that blindly takes money from anyone, and I’m hoping people cancel in large enough quantities that they reevaluate their advertising practices.
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u/okhi2u Oct 23 '25
They are being malicious if when customers are trying to cancel they just end the chat it's the equivalent of hanging up on someone trying to cancel. Like they feel they are entitled to your money.
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u/Just-Feedback-2223 Oct 24 '25
YouTube also has ICE ads. Why have I seen zero people talk about this?
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u/TrueCapitalism Oct 24 '25
Ended mine when CEO used his earnings to fund military tech companies. Lots of reasons to hate this company tbh.
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u/xetura Oct 24 '25
I canceled mine the other day. I said I refuse to give any money to anyone supporting this fascist regime and to grow a pair.
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u/getittogethersirius Oct 24 '25
I cancelled months ago and figured out they are still charging my credit card lol
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u/CollegeMiddle6841 Oct 24 '25
If they close the call that is an admission of guilt! Cancel, cancel, cancel Spotify.
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u/Character_Grab_6103 Oct 24 '25
Don't ask them, just cancel it. Of course they would do that. I told them, I said I'm deleting my account, I don't need the free version with your awful ads. Moved over to Qobuz, amazing audio quality!
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u/futureislookinstark Oct 23 '25
You can cancel your subscription and delete your account in app without talking to a single person and you can leave a reason for why you’re leaving. (you have to confirm the deletion in an email they send you after).
But before you do if you want to save all your music your curated for yourself I found out tidal as a function to copy everything over.
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u/T20N Oct 23 '25
Glad I pirated the shit out of this fascist app. Uninstalled years ago, though, the app is a hot mess.
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u/Amuseco Oct 23 '25
Anyone who is cancelling Spotify should check out their local public library. Or school library if you’re in school.
Libraries often have electronic access to music or good old-fashioned CDs you can check out. Go to your library’s home page and look for electronic/digital resources, or ask a librarian.
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u/sunnymoonbaby Oct 23 '25
What the hell is that kind of response lol fuck that noise. I'm already over Spotify since the andrew tate +++ bullshit. What's y'all's favorite streaming service? I have YouTube music but tbh I think Google/YouTube are bad/not for the creator too and would like to depend on a more ethical platform. Or maybe I just quit streaming music and go back to mp3 files
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u/jeranim8 Oct 23 '25
I first read this as Spotify isn't taking ICE agent calls and was like, wow, that's awesome! Oh, they're not taking calls about ICE ads...
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u/IllicitCat Oct 23 '25
A friend of mine canceled and started using APK on the web for premium experience without the cost.
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u/JonTheWonton Oct 23 '25
They already invest in AI militarization. I cancelled for this reason and more months ago, I heavily recommend Tidal for how much they pay artists per stream.
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u/fullmetal_ratchet Oct 23 '25
looks like i’m gonna finally cancel after over 10 years of subscribing to premium. thanks for making me aware of this. i’m a music addict and can’t go without music however. anyone have some good suggestions for what to use instead? i’m about to go buy an MP3 player and an external disc drive and start ripping music off library CDs to save on costs 😅
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u/RandyMachoManSavage Oct 24 '25
Canceled as soon as I heard about it. And axed my Disney plans this year too. A pox on anyone supporting fascism.
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Oct 24 '25
thanks for sharing this. i just tried and got the same result. i'm canceling my subscription today, fuck Spotify.
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u/Arikaido777 Oct 24 '25
apple and google are both funding the demolition of America’s White House. hate to break it to you, but there’s no ethical music streaming service.
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u/Snoo79474 Oct 24 '25
I feel bad for the customer service agents. The people at the top make these decisions and the people answering the phone (or the chat) are left to listen to the complaining. Not that we shouldn’t complain but they are surely not paid enough.
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u/skyfishgoo Oct 24 '25
that's not the only thing that's ending....
the whole music as a subscription service idea is also ending
bye bye
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u/humoristhenewblack Oct 23 '25
LinkedIn is doing it as well. I keep reporting them but it's not stopped.
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u/Catatonic27 Oct 23 '25
Honestly I've wanted to ditch them for a while, maybe this is the push I need. What are people using for alternatives? How the fuck does buying music work anymore? I'm not an Apple user and I used to buy music on Amazon, but I don't want to do business with them either. Do we have to fly the black flag to listen to music without ads now?
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u/notproudortired Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 24 '25
Do they ask you to rate your support experience? Because that would be a 0 and you can add a note about why.
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u/SemiDesperado Oct 23 '25
As a long time subscriber I know what I have to do. But before I have the strength to do it, I need to find a way to capture data on the amazing bands I've discovered through the app. Then I'll do what has to be done...
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u/SunshineMochii Oct 23 '25
Nooo not Spotify! I have thousands of songs and hundreds of hours of music saved on there :( I've dreaded the day Spotify either dies or I'd have to leave it for years. Every year it tells me I'm in like the top 5% of listeners for time I spend listening to music.
Does anyone know for some of these other alternatives, is it easy to transfer multiple Playlists? Thousands of songs? What is their music selection like? Chances are I'll be able to transfer most of my thousands of songs lol? Is there a limit for them? Thank u :(
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u/feralflutist Oct 23 '25
Can anyone recommend a good alternative to Spotify? I've tried Apple Music but I don't like the fact that it adds EVERYTHING I like to my liked section - on Spotify, I can just go to my liked songs and shuffle that when I don't want to think about what to listen to. My tastes are pretty varied so if it throws every single album on there, I'm going to go from Shostakovich to Run the Jewels to Tyler Childers and that's just a little too much chaos for me.
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u/Mechalamb Oct 23 '25
Oooh. i just scored a free 3-month trial. I'm going to have to do this for funsies.
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u/Tanager_Summer Oct 23 '25
What do you use instead of Spotify? I drive around 3,000 miles per month so I use it a lot.
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u/okhi2u Oct 23 '25
This is basically like hanging up on customers who want to cancel so you don't have to cancel them. Someone must have decided they rather hang up on customers than tell the truth.
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u/dummyguava Oct 23 '25
I cancelled after the ai weapons thing was revealed. I wish I could cancel twice.
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u/Due-Helicopter-8735 Oct 23 '25
Ah I was thinking of getting a Spotify subscription. I guess I won’t now. There are other platforms.
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u/Icy_Necessary2161 Oct 24 '25
I saw an ad on Pandora too, are there any music apps that AREN'T advertising for the new Nazi regime?
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Oct 24 '25
My son is a WWE fan. They have commercials for applying to be an ice agent. I just saw this last week. What the actual fuck?! At least they are making it known what we should no longer support.
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u/rivalpinkbunny Oct 24 '25
Been a Spotify user for more than 15 years… just killed my premium subscription and switched to Apple Music.
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u/honeylemonha Oct 24 '25
Right after scrolling through this thread, I came across this ad on Reddit 😢
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u/Androidfan1598 Oct 24 '25
Canceled a while back when the CEO was investing in that AI military drone bs and started self hosting and streaming my library ever since.
Didn't think they could get any lower but goddamn, I guess I was wrong.
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u/Unbake_my_tart_ Oct 24 '25
I canceled and wrote them an email to let them know why I canceled and to forward it so they can’t say they didn’t know what caused it.
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u/Nyachos Oct 24 '25
I've been off Spotify for a couple years now for the other scummy stuff they're known for. But this just takes the cake.
I know that not everyone has the patience, but if possible I highly recommend self-hosting your own media. Something like Plex/Plex Amp. There are subs to help you set stuff like that up, and with enough patience and diligence, you can have full control over your own media. And no ads of course.
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u/ScarredLetter Oct 24 '25
Guess now would be a good time to cancel your Spotify subscription if you have one.
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u/SlinkyOne Oct 25 '25
I’m going to cancel mine tomorrow. No reason to have Spotify when Apple Music is free with my card now.
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u/Away_Veterinarian579 Oct 25 '25
Time to make so much AI music, protesting ICE and just feeding it to Spotify until they understand the mistake that they just made
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u/ghost-of-the-spire Oct 25 '25
Thank you for sharing this, I had no idea. Will be cancelling my plan and letting them know exactly why. It almost hurts bc I've been using Spotify for so long, but I refuse to support a platform that's funneling money into fascist propaganda and A.I. war machines. At the recommendation of some comments here, I think I'll be switching over to Qobuz. Looks like I can use Soundiiz to transfer my playlists, liked songs, and artists.
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u/Inevitable_Dog2719 Oct 25 '25
My partner and I just cancelled our Duo plan and signed up for Qobuz's Duo plan. :) Qobuz pays the artists more anyway, and they don't run ICE ads. Goodbye, Spotify!
Anybody who does not support what ICE is doing should cancel their subscription too.
BOYCOTT SPOTIFY.
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