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I think it may take a few more high-profile artists defecting before Spotify reconsiders. Whatever tips the financial bottom line balance. They could get the a

by tromp 5y ago

I think it may take a few more high-profile artists defecting before Spotify reconsiders. Whatever tips the financial bottom line balance. They could get the artists back by just pulling that one JRE episode, but would that break their contract with Joe Rogan?

dawnerd 5y ago
If the stock doesn't rebound that might just be it. It's what ~4b lost so far? I'm sure the main shareholders wont be too happy to find out they could have stopped this early on with little impact.
- webkike 5y ago
  I’m not really convinced that the market value lost by Spotify has anything to do Neil Young. It’s much more likely that it’s just general market trends - the same thing has been happening to most tech stocks over the last couple of weeks
- joshuaheard 5y ago
  The stock price has been trending down for the last month, along with the rest of the market. I don't think this issue has had much of an impact. It's ironic that these Sixties artists who sang about freedom from "the man" are now trying to force a giant corporation to censor another artist.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > It's ironic that these Sixties artists who sang about freedom from "the man" are now trying to force a giant corporation to censor another artist. It would be ironic if artist- and artist-backed-consumer boycotts against giant corporations over actions including political messaging and associations weren't as much a part of the strategy of those same people in the 1960s and the rest of the intervening years as it is today.
    - choko 5y ago
      Exactly. Those artists have been in favor of free speech only as far as it suits their own agenda. Not much has changed.
      - dragonwriter 5y ago
        “Free speech” means that speech competes for support by private parties, not that private parties are obligates to blindly relay it.
rkk3 5y ago
> They could get the artists back by just pulling that one JRE episode You think it would stop there? In these past conversations I haven't even seen anyone on HN point to anything specific that was said in the Robert Malone episode that was so bad it needed to be pulled. It's just been an implicit you should know why this person is bad and why we all hate them. Edit: Downvotes instead of replies with what misinformation was shared... sounds about right.
- joe_guy 5y ago
- kcplate 5y ago
  You are getting downvoted because some folks on here hate what the see in the mirror. Have an upvote.
sva_ 5y ago
I think Joe Rogan suggested that Spotify won't censor his stuff, and it might be part of their contract. So I doubt they'd do that.
- squabble 5y ago
  They have censored a lot of his stuff.
  - sva_ 5y ago
    I think he deleted those things on his own.

by tromp 5y ago

dawnerd 5y ago

If the stock doesn't rebound that might just be it. It's what ~4b lost so far? I'm sure the main shareholders wont be too happy to find out they could have stopped this early on with little impact.

webkike 5y ago
I’m not really convinced that the market value lost by Spotify has anything to do Neil Young. It’s much more likely that it’s just general market trends - the same thing has been happening to most tech stocks over the last couple of weeks
joshuaheard 5y ago
The stock price has been trending down for the last month, along with the rest of the market. I don't think this issue has had much of an impact. It's ironic that these Sixties artists who sang about freedom from "the man" are now trying to force a giant corporation to censor another artist.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > It's ironic that these Sixties artists who sang about freedom from "the man" are now trying to force a giant corporation to censor another artist. It would be ironic if artist- and artist-backed-consumer boycotts against giant corporations over actions including political messaging and associations weren't as much a part of the strategy of those same people in the 1960s and the rest of the intervening years as it is today.
  - choko 5y ago
    Exactly. Those artists have been in favor of free speech only as far as it suits their own agenda. Not much has changed.
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      “Free speech” means that speech competes for support by private parties, not that private parties are obligates to blindly relay it.

rkk3 5y ago

> They could get the artists back by just pulling that one JRE episode You think it would stop there? In these past conversations I haven't even seen anyone on HN point to anything specific that was said in the Robert Malone episode that was so bad it needed to be pulled. It's just been an implicit you should know why this person is bad and why we all hate them. Edit: Downvotes instead of replies with what misinformation was shared... sounds about right.

joe_guy 5y ago
kcplate 5y ago
You are getting downvoted because some folks on here hate what the see in the mirror. Have an upvote.

sva_ 5y ago

I think Joe Rogan suggested that Spotify won't censor his stuff, and it might be part of their contract. So I doubt they'd do that.

squabble 5y ago
They have censored a lot of his stuff.
- sva_ 5y ago
  I think he deleted those things on his own.