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Same. I have a dedicated app for podcasts, I'd rather keep Spotify specialized. Long-term the push to podcasts is simply better economics for Spotify, so they a

Same. I have a dedicated app for podcasts, I'd rather keep Spotify specialized. Long-term the push to podcasts is simply better economics for Spotify, so they aren't going to stop going in that direction anytime soon.

ethbr1 3y ago
Agreed. It's like Amazon Video's slide towards being an advertising supported cable company. No company owes anybody being a company of a specific sort. And it's a nigh impossible battle to argue in favor of an order of magnitude less profitable business model if there are more profitable alternatives. One reason I always said Apple's lock on the App Store was a few down quarters from being seriously abused to the detriment of users.
- Voultapher 3y ago
  I think Cory Doctorow put it aptly: > Corporations run on a form of code – financial regulation and accounting practices – and the modern version of this code literally prohibits corporations from treating human beings with empathy. The principle of fiduciary duty to investors means that where there is a chance to make an investor richer while making a worker or customer miserable, management is obliged to side with the investor, so long as the misery doesn’t backfire so much that it harms the investor’s quarterly return. Source https://locusmag.com/2015/07/cory-doctorow-skynet-ascendant/ https://locusmag.com/2015/07/cory-doctorow-skynet-ascendant/
  - gregwebs 3y ago
    That’s not the full story. Corporations have charters that include things other than a return for investors. Investors also don’t care about maximizing returns as long as expected targets can be hit.
    - Voultapher 3y ago
      Can you point me to substantial evidence that corporations side with their customers or employees when doing so is in conflict with their bottom line? I can point to examples that validate my point. 1. Facebook: https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213 https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-ha... 2. Apple: https://www.ifixit.com/News/82493/we-are-retroactively-dropping-the-iphones-repairability-score-en https://www.ifixit.com/News/82493/we-are-retroactively-dropp... 3. Youtube: adding more and more advertisements to each video even after they became profitable 4. Purdue Pharma and Pharma in general: The opioid crisis in the US 5. Volkswagen: Dieselgate I can list many more, but I think you see a pattern.

ethbr1 3y ago

Agreed. It's like Amazon Video's slide towards being an advertising supported cable company. No company owes anybody being a company of a specific sort. And it's a nigh impossible battle to argue in favor of an order of magnitude less profitable business model if there are more profitable alternatives. One reason I always said Apple's lock on the App Store was a few down quarters from being seriously abused to the detriment of users.

Voultapher 3y ago
I think Cory Doctorow put it aptly: > Corporations run on a form of code – financial regulation and accounting practices – and the modern version of this code literally prohibits corporations from treating human beings with empathy. The principle of fiduciary duty to investors means that where there is a chance to make an investor richer while making a worker or customer miserable, management is obliged to side with the investor, so long as the misery doesn’t backfire so much that it harms the investor’s quarterly return. Source https://locusmag.com/2015/07/cory-doctorow-skynet-ascendant/ https://locusmag.com/2015/07/cory-doctorow-skynet-ascendant/
- gregwebs 3y ago
  That’s not the full story. Corporations have charters that include things other than a return for investors. Investors also don’t care about maximizing returns as long as expected targets can be hit.
  - Voultapher 3y ago
    Can you point me to substantial evidence that corporations side with their customers or employees when doing so is in conflict with their bottom line? I can point to examples that validate my point. 1. Facebook: https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213 https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-ha... 2. Apple: https://www.ifixit.com/News/82493/we-are-retroactively-dropping-the-iphones-repairability-score-en https://www.ifixit.com/News/82493/we-are-retroactively-dropp... 3. Youtube: adding more and more advertisements to each video even after they became profitable 4. Purdue Pharma and Pharma in general: The opioid crisis in the US 5. Volkswagen: Dieselgate I can list many more, but I think you see a pattern.