I just closed my Spotify account; I have no desire to enrich dangerous pro-virus propagandists. Fortunately, it's easy and painless to move (almost everything is available elsewhere). @violetblue has great instructions for finding alternatives and migrating playlists, etc. below.
https://twitter.com/violetblue/status/1487186609434869760
@violetblue I don't do this lightly. I know the revenue from my account is relatively small, and that the anti-vax stuff is only part of their offerings. And I do things like subscribe to newspapers that print editorials that sometimes offend me. But Spotify has siimply lost its way.
@violetblue In particular, when I signed up with Spotify it was a music streaming service with a few podcasts. Now it's basically a podcasting platform (giving exclusive multi-million deals to dangerous propagandists), with music streaming on the side.
Not for me.
Not for me.
Almost all the music available on Spotify is available elsewhere. But Spotify pays somewhere between $0.50 and $0.70 per users ($100MM total) to carry Rogan exclusively on their platform.
Well, I guess I'll take my $0.50 elsewhere.
Well, I guess I'll take my $0.50 elsewhere.
I wouldn't have known anything about this (and wouldn't have thought to leave) if it weren't for Neil Young and Joni Mitchell's pulling their music from the platform. The loss to Spotify isn't just fans of theirs leaving, but people hearing about the issue due to the splash.
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