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0 pointschihuahua4y ago0 comments

For Spotify in particular, I'd rather have more money going to Google instead of Spotify. Because I don't want to be funding Joe Rogan.

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dangus4y ago

If you really wanted that you'd just not use Spotify at all.

chihuahuaOP4y ago

That is exactly what I have been doing all along.

ikt4y ago

which is odd because Rogan made most of his money from Youtube which is also Google, youtube was his biggest promotional tool. So I imagine you don't watch youtube either?

viceroyalbean4y ago

I'm not sure those are directly comparable. For YouTube you are not contributing to Joe Rogan unless you watch his videos and add views/popularity/ad revenue. Spotify, however, signed a separate contract that (AFAIK) is unrelated to listening count. In that sense any Spotify subscription has paid into the money Rogan gets, which isn't the same on YouTube.

LewisVerstappen4y ago

He's still on YouTube btw, so still making money off the YouTube platform and gaining listeners/distribution from there.

Also, there's far worse people than Joe Rogan who make a full living off YouTube, so yeah just completely ideologically inconsistent if someone is going to reject Spotify because of Rogan and still use YouTube.

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post-it4y ago

A silly response. It's much easier to not do anything than it is to move my music ecosystem somewhere else.

chucksmash4y ago

It's not a silly response.

"It's much easier not to switch" is just a peculiar way to spell "I don't care enough to switch" in this case.

If someone doesn't care enough to do something as easy as switch music streaming services, do they actually care?

dangus4y ago

There are automated tools that can transfer your playlists between streaming platforms, just for your own future reference.

lupire4y ago

Then you don't "don't want to be funding Joe Rogan at all".

eddhead4y ago

And that is because you hate to think for yourself, or do you lack the attention span for long form interviews.

He got popular on YouTube BTW.

darepublic4y ago

You do know that YouTube's music selection is much better than Spotify's right. Not even close

chihuahuaOP4y ago

Exactly, that's why I'm not paying for Spotify.

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dangus4y ago

If you really wanted that you'd just not use Spotify at all.

chihuahuaOP4y ago

That is exactly what I have been doing all along.

ikt4y ago

which is odd because Rogan made most of his money from Youtube which is also Google, youtube was his biggest promotional tool. So I imagine you don't watch youtube either?

viceroyalbean4y ago

LewisVerstappen4y ago

He's still on YouTube btw, so still making money off the YouTube platform and gaining listeners/distribution from there.

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post-it4y ago

A silly response. It's much easier to not do anything than it is to move my music ecosystem somewhere else.

chucksmash4y ago

It's not a silly response.

"It's much easier not to switch" is just a peculiar way to spell "I don't care enough to switch" in this case.

If someone doesn't care enough to do something as easy as switch music streaming services, do they actually care?

dangus4y ago

There are automated tools that can transfer your playlists between streaming platforms, just for your own future reference.

lupire4y ago

Then you don't "don't want to be funding Joe Rogan at all".

eddhead4y ago

And that is because you hate to think for yourself, or do you lack the attention span for long form interviews.

He got popular on YouTube BTW.

darepublic4y ago

You do know that YouTube's music selection is much better than Spotify's right. Not even close

chihuahuaOP4y ago

Exactly, that's why I'm not paying for Spotify.

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