Post by Barbie on Feb 14, 2022 22:51:15 GMT
(Sorry if this is in the wrong section!)
This is kinda old news now, but what do y’all think about people cancelling Spotify after Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulled their music from Spotify because Joe Rogan has a platform on there.
Personally, I’m conflicted as is always the case with de-platforming. Free speech is very important, but the danger of misinformation is also important. It’s a fine line.
I do think the outrage over Spotify platforming Rogan (a complete fucking idiot) is largely performative as is boycotting them. Where was this when they first offered him the contract? And are these #BoycottSpotify people gonna boycott YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter because he’s active on those platforms as well. If they’re THAT serious about misinformation, the logical step is to ban him from having a platform, but we know that’s censorship. And they don’t have the guts to come out and say that.
Also, Neil Young et al should’ve pulled their music from Spotify over their abysmal compensation of artists. It’s exploitative. But nope, complete silence over that. And Young completely undercut his cause when he moved his music to fucking AMAZON. Amazon is 100x worse than Rogan and Spotify
This is kinda old news now, but what do y’all think about people cancelling Spotify after Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulled their music from Spotify because Joe Rogan has a platform on there.
Personally, I’m conflicted as is always the case with de-platforming. Free speech is very important, but the danger of misinformation is also important. It’s a fine line.
I do think the outrage over Spotify platforming Rogan (a complete fucking idiot) is largely performative as is boycotting them. Where was this when they first offered him the contract? And are these #BoycottSpotify people gonna boycott YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter because he’s active on those platforms as well. If they’re THAT serious about misinformation, the logical step is to ban him from having a platform, but we know that’s censorship. And they don’t have the guts to come out and say that.
Also, Neil Young et al should’ve pulled their music from Spotify over their abysmal compensation of artists. It’s exploitative. But nope, complete silence over that. And Young completely undercut his cause when he moved his music to fucking AMAZON. Amazon is 100x worse than Rogan and Spotify
