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Spotify running ICE recruitment ads about "dangerous illegals"

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Re: Spotify running ICE recruitment ads about "dangerous illegals"

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

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.

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

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The best time to quit Spotify was years ago when they gave Joe Rogan a huge paycheck. The next best time is now.

Honestly I don’t get the Joe Rogan hate. Seems like a pretty normal person to me, flaws and all.

Rogan's endorsement might have pushed the Trump administration to victory. Easy to hate someone who directly contributed to the end of democracy in your country. (Though I guess the blame is more with the millions of people who take advice from a self-professed meathead.)

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Wow, that jump to Israel was acrobatic. One moment we’re talking ICE ads, the next you’ve built a geopolitical mood board with a side of despair. For what it’s worth, Israel hit Hamas infrastructure after Hamas broke the ceasefire - not exactly random fireworks. But I get it, outrage is the new sourdough starter. everyone’s feeding theirs daily. Maybe take a breath before you decide Spotify is somehow responsible for…

What do you mean, "Hamas broke the ceasefire"? Even US officials talking to the press agrees that it was in the area of Rafah where there is no al-Qassam presence and they likely ran over some unexploded ordnance.

ICE is very similar to israeli conduct in the occupied territories and likely informed by it, it's not a very far-fetched association to make.

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I'd gladly cancel Spotify, however "play song X" on Android, and the move between devices and keep playing/having my music/podcasts is very convenient - is there an alternative?

YouTube Music, I'm paying 13.99€ for this + YouTube Premium.

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post #23

The best time to quit Spotify was years ago when they gave Joe Rogan a huge paycheck. The next best time is now.

Honestly I don’t get the Joe Rogan hate. Seems like a pretty normal person to me, flaws and all.

There are a lot of average people out there. I don’t need to hear their ill informed takes, either.

I would rather live in a world where we give out quarter of a billion dollar deals to people who do better, but that’s not the world we live in, so you’ll just have to deal with Rogan critics instead.

Re: Spotify running ICE recruitment ads about "dangerous illegals"

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post #23

The best time to quit Spotify was years ago when they gave Joe Rogan a huge paycheck. The next best time is now.

Honestly I don’t get the Joe Rogan hate. Seems like a pretty normal person to me, flaws and all.

Joe Rogan probably did more to normalize fascism in the US than anybody. Despite those views being held by a large minority of people in the US, it was still seen as fringe. Whether Rogan was cause or symptom of fascism becoming mainstream, he's understandably widely hated for it.

Re: Spotify running ICE recruitment ads about "dangerous illegals"

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly I don’t get the Joe Rogan hate. Seems like a pretty normal person to me, flaws and all.

There are a lot of average people out there. I don’t need to hear their ill informed takes, either. I would rather live in a world where we give out quarter of a billion dollar deals to people who do better, but that’s not the world we live in, so you’ll just have to deal with Rogan critics instead.

> There are a lot of average people out there. I don’t need to hear their ill informed takes, either

Do those people host podcasts doing long form interviews with interesting people too?

Re: Spotify running ICE recruitment ads about "dangerous illegals"

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Wow, that jump to Israel was acrobatic. One moment we’re talking ICE ads, the next you’ve built a geopolitical mood board with a side of despair. For what it’s worth, Israel hit Hamas infrastructure after Hamas broke the ceasefire - not exactly random fireworks. But I get it, outrage is the new sourdough starter. everyone’s feeding theirs daily. Maybe take a breath before you decide Spotify is somehow responsible for…

> after Hamas broke the ceasefire

c'mon bro, try to be a little less credulous

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