I was wrong and stand corrected: it is not a threat. What Young said is more of an opening offer of a quid pro quo. The overall point I was making stands, tha

I was wrong and stand corrected: it is not a threat. What Young said is more of an opening offer of a quid pro quo. The overall point I was making stands, that freedom of speech (both the legal protection and the ethical principle) does not extend to coercive speech like it does to persuasive and expressive speech. If some artist simply said, "Take my music off of Spotify because I have no confidence in the platform," then that would clearly be fully protected. If another said, "Spotify has until Feb 1 to remove Joe Rogan, or I'm pulling my catalog until they do," I think that'd be a lot more risky, especially if the artist had prominence.