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It's a fun one. I'm not pro-censorship either, but I also don't think he should do business with platforms he finds unethical.
by soneil 5y ago
It's a fun one. I'm not pro-censorship either, but I also don't think he should do business with platforms he finds unethical.
- kova12 5y agoNot dealing with platforms you don't like is one thing, blackmail is another.
- crack__fox 5y agoI don't see any evidence that NY was blackmailing Spotify. Wouldn't that require NY to be threatening to release some kind of compromising information about Spotify?
- kova12 5y agoI think we both agree that he did not only make threats, but also follow up on them. Weinstein could also have made arguments that he never threatened any actresses to sleep with him, he was just withholding jobs from the ones who didn't. Call it the way you want, but the guy clearly abused his position
- crack__fox 5y agoThe difference being that one of those examples is illegal.
- kova12 5y agoand the similarity being that both are immoral
- bildung 5y agoTying market participation to conditions within said market is just doing business, almost prototypical even. I haven't seen NY saying the spotify CEO won't see their kid again unless Rogan disappears from the platform - that would be blackmail.
- izacus 5y agoIn a world where competition exists, this is simple - one publisher can carry one author, other publisher can carry others and you just buy the content from the one you prefer. In a world where everyone defends consolidation into monopolistic platforms and you need to choose which tech platform will own your life this becomes a problematic political issue. At least it's convenient right?