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This is one reason I hope BitCoin gets more adoption.

k_bx 6y ago
I would rather move towards less discrimination based on person's nationality not because it’s impossible but because it’s not great morally.
- sn_master 6y ago
  Isn't most of the discrimination a result of advertising deals with content owners? How can that be fixed? I don't think the discrimination is related to racism in any way.
  - k_bx 6y ago
    I don’t think it has anything to do with racism, even more, I suspect it has more to do with the product (not launching podcasts in Ukraine till they have moderation, experience curation and such) than business. The answer is simple: think a bit more about modern world, which is more globalised than one thinks and the trend is to only globalise further. YouTube didn’t have any problem letting me watch JRE, so at least in that respect I’m sure the solution is possible.
- abandonliberty 6y ago
  Hey, I hope you're doing okay in Ukraine! Usually it's business - not discrimination. Content is licensed by country, so the content owners (at least think) they can get more value elsewhere. In a way we should welcome this. We don't really want spotify to determine what content to distribute globally. Global platforms like Steam are aggressively discounted for Ukraine, so unfortunately Ukrainian audience members * Ukrainian market value is probably just not high enough.
  - k_bx 6y ago
    It sounds like both. I obviously don’t think Spotify discriminate due to reasons other than business, I just think decisions like this should become less frequent. I think you are wrong with regards to “more value somewhere else”. I think the decision was made because they didn’t want to show the “podcasts” section until they can ensure the experience will be great and they have content moderation and such. So they did the simplest thing. But my point is that it does more harm than they realize, since their view of the world is too simplistic and non-globalised.

k_bx 6y ago

I would rather move towards less discrimination based on person's nationality not because it’s impossible but because it’s not great morally.

sn_master 6y ago
Isn't most of the discrimination a result of advertising deals with content owners? How can that be fixed? I don't think the discrimination is related to racism in any way.
- k_bx 6y ago
  I don’t think it has anything to do with racism, even more, I suspect it has more to do with the product (not launching podcasts in Ukraine till they have moderation, experience curation and such) than business. The answer is simple: think a bit more about modern world, which is more globalised than one thinks and the trend is to only globalise further. YouTube didn’t have any problem letting me watch JRE, so at least in that respect I’m sure the solution is possible.
abandonliberty 6y ago
Hey, I hope you're doing okay in Ukraine! Usually it's business - not discrimination. Content is licensed by country, so the content owners (at least think) they can get more value elsewhere. In a way we should welcome this. We don't really want spotify to determine what content to distribute globally. Global platforms like Steam are aggressively discounted for Ukraine, so unfortunately Ukrainian audience members * Ukrainian market value is probably just not high enough.
- k_bx 6y ago
  It sounds like both. I obviously don’t think Spotify discriminate due to reasons other than business, I just think decisions like this should become less frequent. I think you are wrong with regards to “more value somewhere else”. I think the decision was made because they didn’t want to show the “podcasts” section until they can ensure the experience will be great and they have content moderation and such. So they did the simplest thing. But my point is that it does more harm than they realize, since their view of the world is too simplistic and non-globalised.