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You're missing my point. Call it anything you like. I'm not saying Spotify doesn't have the right to do whatever is in that contract (which I assume is anything

You're missing my point. Call it anything you like. I'm not saying Spotify doesn't have the right to do whatever is in that contract (which I assume is anything they want) with the content. By the same token, that doesn't mean I have to approve of them doing it. I'm a paying customer. They'd probably like to keep receiving my monthly payment. I think they're spineless. I guess for now I'll just complain a bit to the ether and if they start removing content I actually listen to, I'll drop them. Imagine if they started removing hip-hop from their catalog? All that misogynistic, violent, gangsta shit a lot of us listen to. They won't, because currently it isn't in the cross-hairs of the politically woke (I guess it had it's time in the 90's. I'm glad it wasn't completely censored/banned like many politically woke of the time wanted). But we'll see how things play out in the future. The fact that self-claimed liberals can't at least acknowledge the danger of censoring (or whatever the hell you want to call it) content for political reasons is... disappointing.

awb 5y ago
> can't at least acknowledge the danger of censoring (or whatever the hell you want to call it) content for political reasons is... disappointing. Because it’s not. It’s the wrong word for it. If Barnes and Noble decides to stop carrying a book but you can buy it on Amazon, the book isn’t being censored. You are still free to buy it. And you’re free to start your own book shop that sells it. Censorship isn’t the right to not be slightly inconvenienced. Censorship is the total suppression of access to content. Private, non-monopolistic companies are under no obligation to indulge your specific content preferences. And yes, Spotify adds and removes artists and podcasts all the time as they curate their catalog. Also, Rogan sold the rights to his content! If you don’t want to give up control about what is available where, don’t sell it. You can’t sell a painting and then complain about where it’s hung, or not hung. The buyer can burn it if they want. When you sell you give up control. I’m any event I don’t think the right or the left needs to play this game of who can claim they’re being repressed the most. By the time something is actually censored, the rights wouldn’t have been sold and you won’t be able to find it or access it anywhere and then I’ll 100% call it censorship. Until then it’s just a race to be the victim.
- seandoe 5y ago
  We're talking past each other. I agree with you 100%, irregardless of my point above.

awb 5y ago

> can't at least acknowledge the danger of censoring (or whatever the hell you want to call it) content for political reasons is... disappointing. Because it’s not. It’s the wrong word for it. If Barnes and Noble decides to stop carrying a book but you can buy it on Amazon, the book isn’t being censored. You are still free to buy it. And you’re free to start your own book shop that sells it. Censorship isn’t the right to not be slightly inconvenienced. Censorship is the total suppression of access to content. Private, non-monopolistic companies are under no obligation to indulge your specific content preferences. And yes, Spotify adds and removes artists and podcasts all the time as they curate their catalog. Also, Rogan sold the rights to his content! If you don’t want to give up control about what is available where, don’t sell it. You can’t sell a painting and then complain about where it’s hung, or not hung. The buyer can burn it if they want. When you sell you give up control. I’m any event I don’t think the right or the left needs to play this game of who can claim they’re being repressed the most. By the time something is actually censored, the rights wouldn’t have been sold and you won’t be able to find it or access it anywhere and then I’ll 100% call it censorship. Until then it’s just a race to be the victim.

seandoe 5y ago
We're talking past each other. I agree with you 100%, irregardless of my point above.