Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes

Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by queuebert on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:47PM (#30217049)

Personally I really hate that idea. Spotify is a for-profit corporation. It's only official view is to make as much money as possible. Any other political or philosophical statement is at best a calculated ploy to make more profit. Let's not pretend otherwise.

Now, if the platform were a publicly funded news organization or TV station, then you could make that argument with a straight face.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by newsbinator on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:01PM (#30217190)

> It's only official view is to make as much money as possible

A couple years ago there was a giant banner at the top of my premium Spotify page reminding me not to beat up Asian people.

Thank goodness they curtailed my race-based violence as a Spotify subscriber, but I don't see how that makes them money.

I suppose the virtue signalling was a calculated ploy, but it seems like a long and winding road getting from those banners to more premium accounts.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by queuebert on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:59PM (#30227700)

If you associate warm and fuzzy feelings with a company, you give them more business -- a very old advertising principle.

Knowing that Spotify doesn't want you to beat up Asians gives the majority of people warm and fuzzies. And I suspect the tiny minority of dudes that want to punch an an old Asian lady are unlikely to do what Spotify tells them to do anyway.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by scarface74 on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:04PM (#30217222)

They make money by convincing customers to give them money. They need to at least act like they are concerned.

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