A world of censorship and mandates is a world owned by big pharma. Vaccinate, boost, catch covid, blame antivaxxers, repeat. Is this freedom? Pfyzer has always stated, you can still catch and spread covid after the vax. You will only have less symptoms for what apears to be 4-6 months. The mainstream news however would have us all believe we are immune for life and there has never been an adverse reaction. That is why alternative sources of information and debate is essetial to a functional democracy.
Spotify is much more like a publisher than it is a distribution service, at least in regard to podcasts and its decision to massively fund Mr. Rogan, to promote his podcasts and in requesting exclusivity. These are the business model of a content publisher, so I evaluate them as a publisher. As a publisher, and not a distributor, it should be held responsible for the content it chooses to publish.
Content creators should be careful about who they publish with and the association of ideas that sharing a publisher can create. Spotify wants to leverage halo effects from a wide range of musicians so that they can drive users to and make money from podcasts. That is their choice, it may be a good business model. But it has consequences as well. I support decisions by musicians not to distribute through a platform that acts like a publisher if they do not want to be associated with the content it publishes or see their content used to encourage people to view that content.
I have found many alternate sources to Spotify and have cancelled my Spotify account.
Got it Steven. But if this is true than some could argue that some writers should no longer write op-eds for the NY Times as their editorial pages often give room to controversial counterpoints (remember the Tom Cotton op-ed in the summer of 2020 during the riots). It is true there are other streaming platforms and the NYT is so unique that you would not move away from them whatever they might publish, but it is also true there are many other newspapers that offer similar quality of reporting so you can cancel if you want. I keep my NYT subscription going despite some deeply questionable stuff they sometimes publish. The music aspect and the huge number of followers for both Rogan and Neil Young and Joni Mitchell create a somewhat unusual dynamic here. I am a bit more charitable in accepting what is being published. Anyway, thanks for reading/commenting.
Yes, each publisher and each content creator needs to make their own decisions. I would publish something on The National Post or with the Fraser Institute although I frequently disagree with the positions they advocate. I think they contribute to informed discussion. I would not publish on Rebel Media or BBN. Spotify has spent a great deal of money to secure and promote Mr. Rogan. It is understandable that many artists (it is not just Joni Mitchell and Neil Young) do not want to support this or to be bringing their audiences to a platform that has made a business decision to do this.
I prefer Tidal to Spotify, Apple and Amazon for music, better quality sound.
A world of censorship and mandates is a world owned by big pharma. Vaccinate, boost, catch covid, blame antivaxxers, repeat. Is this freedom? Pfyzer has always stated, you can still catch and spread covid after the vax. You will only have less symptoms for what apears to be 4-6 months. The mainstream news however would have us all believe we are immune for life and there has never been an adverse reaction. That is why alternative sources of information and debate is essetial to a functional democracy.
Censorship is the tool of tyrants. Debate is the tool of intellectuals. For those who wish to watch The Malone interview find it here: https://www.bitchute.com/hashtag/joerogan-robertmalone/
Spotify is much more like a publisher than it is a distribution service, at least in regard to podcasts and its decision to massively fund Mr. Rogan, to promote his podcasts and in requesting exclusivity. These are the business model of a content publisher, so I evaluate them as a publisher. As a publisher, and not a distributor, it should be held responsible for the content it chooses to publish.
Content creators should be careful about who they publish with and the association of ideas that sharing a publisher can create. Spotify wants to leverage halo effects from a wide range of musicians so that they can drive users to and make money from podcasts. That is their choice, it may be a good business model. But it has consequences as well. I support decisions by musicians not to distribute through a platform that acts like a publisher if they do not want to be associated with the content it publishes or see their content used to encourage people to view that content.
I have found many alternate sources to Spotify and have cancelled my Spotify account.
Got it Steven. But if this is true than some could argue that some writers should no longer write op-eds for the NY Times as their editorial pages often give room to controversial counterpoints (remember the Tom Cotton op-ed in the summer of 2020 during the riots). It is true there are other streaming platforms and the NYT is so unique that you would not move away from them whatever they might publish, but it is also true there are many other newspapers that offer similar quality of reporting so you can cancel if you want. I keep my NYT subscription going despite some deeply questionable stuff they sometimes publish. The music aspect and the huge number of followers for both Rogan and Neil Young and Joni Mitchell create a somewhat unusual dynamic here. I am a bit more charitable in accepting what is being published. Anyway, thanks for reading/commenting.
Yes, each publisher and each content creator needs to make their own decisions. I would publish something on The National Post or with the Fraser Institute although I frequently disagree with the positions they advocate. I think they contribute to informed discussion. I would not publish on Rebel Media or BBN. Spotify has spent a great deal of money to secure and promote Mr. Rogan. It is understandable that many artists (it is not just Joni Mitchell and Neil Young) do not want to support this or to be bringing their audiences to a platform that has made a business decision to do this.