This need for service providers to be content police is troubling. On its own, this isn’t too egregious. After all, the music is still there, Spotify is only ad

This need for service providers to be content police is troubling. On its own, this isn’t too egregious. After all, the music is still there, Spotify is only adjusting their algorithms. However, it’s indicative of a greater trend of service providers becoming moral gatekeepers. We see people across the political spectrum (but mostly closer to the ends) trying to prevent speech and content creation in an overtly authoritarian manner. Even if we ignore that, there’s also the issue of the potential to bury someone’s artistic work over their personal behavior. Some people choose not to separate an artist from their work in that way, and that’s fine on a personal level. But if that affects the ability for others to acquire that work, then I have a problem with it. Some of this may be close to a slippery slope argument. However, I contend that we’re already on that slope and moving somewhat quickly.