Cancel Spotify until it stops running ads for ICE

So while Spotify is in the national conversation this week, we’re hoping everyone in this movement will continue to boycott the platform and use this opportunity to urge others to do the same until it stops running ads for ICE. 

Here are a few things you can do right now: 

• If you’re still paying for Spotify premium, cancel your subscription. We’ve got instructions (and some suggestions on alternatives) here. 

• Don’t use Spotify’s free version either. You don’t need to delete your account. Just close out your apps and don’t open them again until Spotify stops forcing ICE ads into people’s feeds. 

• Instead of sharing your Spotify Wrapped this year, share our Wrapped-themed posts calling on others to cancel Spotify. As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (and don’t deserve) free advertising on our social feeds. And there’s no reason you can’t post your own list of top songs/artists on social -- maybe alongside a message about why you chose not to stream them on Spotify. 

• Use this social media moment to have GENTLE, NON-SHAMINGconversations with friends about the Spotify boycott. Seriously, no one is going to respond well to judgy DMs when they’re just trying to post something fun about the music they like. So approach with kindness, maybe compliment their music tastes, and then talk about why you’ve decided to stream from other platforms for the time being (one point you can make: Those platforms probably treat their favorite artists much, much better than Spotify does). 

• Help us track the growth of this economic campaign by taking our one-question survey. 

Continue to shop locally and further the “We Ain’t Buying It” campaign throughout the holiday season!