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> Spotify as a company can push whatever politics they want to. If you read my other comments in this thread you'll see I agree. > You should accept that Spot
by fortythirteen 9y ago
> Spotify as a company can push whatever politics they want to.
If you read my other comments in this thread you'll see I agree.
> You should accept that Spotify is a "liberal" company either as a stance of the management or as who they see their most engaged users to be. Everything doesn't need to appeal to you.
It is a company owned by liberals. Semantics, but important ones. Also you pose a strawman. I never suggested they be obligated to appeal to me, just that their political posturing doesn't and that I'm nearing the point where I will also exercise my free will and leave.
> Saying they're shoving their politics in your face is hyperbole. If I read a business focussed newspaper, they're likely to have articles that are anti-climate change.
Not a proper comparison. I get a newspaper specifically to read about politics. I don't do the same for a music streaming service, as much as you probably don't want a plumber coming to your house and lecturing you on how Trump's America is fantastic.
> Why wouldn't Spotify just take the playlist down? It's the easy action.
Why has the decided soft, yet ham-handed, censorship of conservatives become a systemic issue with online services, be it Facebook, Twitter or even Spotify? Why does the far left need even their music streaming service to be an echo chamber?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> It is a company owned by liberals. Semantics, but important ones. A company is a tool of it's owners, everyone else involved is paid agents of the ownership. The distinction you draw isn't important, it's meaningless.
- fortythirteen 9y agoThe company is a tool for streaming music. The politics are extracurricular. When I go to Spotify's site, they sell me music streaming. Their company tagline isn't "Spotify: unlimited music and social justice activism".
- dragonwriter 9y ago> The company is a tool for streaming music You've confused the company (which is a tool for serving the interests of the owners) with the product the company sells (which is a tool for streaming music.).
- fortythirteen 9y agoI highly doubt that "political activism" will appear anywhere on Spotify's IPO application.