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Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by bambax on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:43AM (#30097876)
Yes, the title of the article is misleading. It's not Spotify that is removing Neil Young, it's Neil Young removing his music from Spotify as a protest against them hosting Joe Rogan.

It's kind of annoying to me that Spotify went all in with podcasts (in the name of "growth"?), and promotes them so heavily. That's really different from music. Do people really decide to subscribe to Spotify because of podcasts? Would they change providers if Joe Rogan was on another service? I doubt it.

Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:47AM (#30097905)
It's because they can get better margins from podcasts. Personally I want music and no podcasts but I understand the business pressures that have caused this.