Bye Bye, Pandora...I Won't Support Cruelty
I'm sure you'll respond with some lawyer-approved pablum about the government's ICE ads you've been running not violating your ToS, but even though my family subscription fully prevents me from hearing those nakedly militaristic ads, I'm officially suspending my 20-year relationship with Pandora. I'm really unhappy to have to do this because I genuinely LOVE Pandora. But I refuse to support your bottom line any further, until you publicly announce that you'll stop shilling for a 'law enforcement' agency that, on a daily basis, violates the basic rights of American citizens and non-citizens alike, and treats unarmed civilians with the kind of brutality and violence that isn't even permissible in a full-scale war.
Please do better, and take a PUBLIC stand for something far more important than your revenue. Stand on the side of righteousness, not on the side of a federal police force turned against its own people.
It's catching on, peeps!
Now, it's not as easy as everyone focusing their anger on Disney to get Jimmy Kimmel back, but it *can* be done! The only language businesses understand is MONEY, so if enough people are willing to put up with a little inconvenience, the C-suite jack offs who green lighted this ad campaign to go through just might feel enough economic pain to stop their support of this administration's hate campaign.
I've already cancelled my premium subscription, but I'm still listening...I mean, why not listen for FREE, mute the commercials, and cost Pandora money?!
Better yet...try one of their competitors who isn't running ICE ads, such as audiomack.com !
Maybe not *yet*, but if enough of us do the same, they'll see that their ICE ads are costing them more money than they're earning them. THAT is the only force that moves business to change.
Yes, it's already been confirmed by media outlets such as Rolling Stone and Huff Po...Pandora *IS* running ICE ads. And I don't care that my premium subscription was insulating me from hearing them, I reluctantly, but proudly, cancelled it. Pandora does NOT deserve a single penny from any of us for allowing this administration's campaign of racist hatred to advertise on their platform.
And in case you were wondering, here's what's being written about it.
Hey Kitty!
Congrats on cancelling!! I too was sooo crushed to learn of Pandora's role in this...I've been a Pandora user for over 20 years, premium customer for about 10, and I really love their service. But supporting a campaign of hatred and racist violence is more than anyone should have to put up with.
Anyway, here's what HuffPo has to say about the growing movement of people saying 'no' to hate:
The article also mentioned another streaming service called that, apparently, has agreed not to run ICE ads, so that's one option. It may not have nearly the musical catalogue that Spotify or Pandora have, but I don't care...I still have my collection of over 400 CDs and terabytes of mp3s to fall back on 🙂
Good Luck!
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