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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[–] 34 points 20 hours ago* (11 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.

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  • [–] 23 points 20 hours ago (8 children)

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

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  • [–] 10 points 20 hours ago* (7 children)

    I get its tongue in cheek, but no you're not. Most of the internet is hosted on AWS and Google Cloud.

    It's impossible to truly boycott these giants, without just going offline.

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  • [–] 22 points 20 hours ago

    But we don't need to go for 100% do destabilize them. Just see what happens when their stocks fall a bit and the market goes crazy. Boycotting the services presented to end users is already enough to send many of them out of business, so let's do it!

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  • [–] 9 points 19 hours ago* (1 child)

    You can absolutely boycott them, unless you define boycott as being exposed, and not used.

    I heard someone's phone play some music in passing in public yesterday. It might very well have been played using Spotify, which would mean that I "used" Spotify. This I, of course, disagree with.

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  • [–] 6 points 19 hours ago

    Yeah, but if you are using a site or service that relies on AWS or Google Cloud, then you are indirectly supporting them, as with more users the service will pay more to the providers.

    But any amount of boycott is a great start and perhaps people and businesses will choose different hosting providers with awareness raised!

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

    Most of my Internet usage is small sites where I know where they're hosted, German sites I know to be hosted on European hosting providers, and stuff I host either in my flat or on one of my VPS. So yes, it's possible to mostly boycott them, if you happen to have the right skills and are in the right location.

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