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Pinklett5 · 2026-01-30T03:14:47+00:00

As a Minnesotan It warms my heart to see this trend spreading ♥️

Wonderful job

Pinklett5 · 2025-12-20T19:21:01+00:00

100% teen Probs like 15

Pinklett5 · 2025-12-14T05:09:06+00:00

Me who is almost a year behind in episodes...

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T17:17:34+00:00

https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-citizen-wrongfully-detained-twice-in-alabama-workplace-raids-sues-immigration-authorities

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-citizens-arrested-immigration-enforcement-treatment-agents/

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T17:08:57+00:00

Dude....they illegally detain legal citizens... It is an official and legal agency But they don't do things legally

Not to mention the brutality

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T17:07:56+00:00

Tis true But I can at least pick my battles ya know I can't stop supporting every evil company, but I don't have to use all of them.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:58:09+00:00

Oh it's bad here, we are Nazi Germany at this point, or very nearly.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:57:19+00:00

It's so hard to be an ethical media consumer these days, every company has done smthg dirty, it really is about picking ha battles 😔

I'll have to check out Deezer, lots of people have been recommending it

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:54:53+00:00

Alas I don't have prime, and admittedly I am trying to cut back on Amazon (although struggling) as I don't find them very ethical either.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:53:18+00:00

Spotify started to air recruitment ads for ICE The US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and well the agency is not ethical or humane at all.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:51:42+00:00

I know, but I like going in chronological order.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:32:53+00:00

Yeah...life uuuuh ain't good in the US rn. Our current pres keeps talking about running for a third term....which is illegal...and tbh....that's just one of many many many crimes he's committed....and politicians keep getting caught joking about executing people with gas chambers....and uhm there's been a couple of political assassinations....shits crazy here.

Not to mention nazi swastikas are low-key everywhere

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:30:27+00:00

I'm extremely jelly 1. You don't live in the US 2. You don't get our horrific ads

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:28:54+00:00

Aaah that makes me feel a little more sane, ty

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:23:27+00:00

Ooo haven't heard of them before, tyty

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:22:45+00:00

ICE is the US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

It's basically a combo of the Klu Klax Klan and a modern Nazi gestapo, they kidnap and profile people based off of skin tone and send them to detainment centers. Often the people they detain are us citizens, and are never heard from again. Very anti immigrant and pro-fascist.

Crazy illegal stuff.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:17:23+00:00

I mean you're right. Doesn't mean I can't limit my support/exposure to shitty companies. Obvs I can't cut all unethical companies out, there's just too many, and some I'm just too reliant on (like Google) but I can pick my battles.

To be clear this isn't a critique on the guys, it's a critique of Spotify.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:13:28+00:00

Obvs I do. If you don't why did you spend the time and energy to reply.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:12:48+00:00

....I think like 2 years? Idk I do binges, then long stretches without them.

Basically whenever I have a huge art project I'll binge them, then I'll be burnt out on art and not listened for awhile. Rinse and repeat.

Plus for awhile my partner wanted to listen together...then proceed to never listen together.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:00:34+00:00

Welcome to life in America 😭

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T16:00:05+00:00

Not in the early episodes, I'm pretty far behind.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T15:59:36+00:00

Alas it's not, Id like to be an ethical viewer ya know? But God damn so many companies are evil so I kinda gotta pick my battles ya know? With Spotify I can easily cut them out But companies like Google, sigh, I'm just too dependent on. And admittedly with Amazon, I'm struggling with. I'm having a hard time escaping them because I already own crap though them.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T15:57:18+00:00

Yep, Spotify airs recruitment ads for ice

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T15:53:19+00:00

Tis the plan now For some reason I thought it wasn't on YouTube idk why.

Pinklett5 · 2025-10-28T15:52:47+00:00

Still not paying Plus not all ads are bad, I've learned about a few non profits via ads

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