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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by jrochkind1 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:46AM (#30220908)
I am not as free as Joe Rogan to get paid $100 million by Spotify for doing a podcast. So we don't all seem to have the same amount of "freedom" here.

Spotify's arbitrary choices about what content they want to host comes into it, what content they think is good for their business, etc. I don't think Spotify's choice to pay Rogan $100 million but not me is any more or less "censorship" than their choice of what episodes they want to include for that $100 million.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by nonethewiser on Saturday February 05, 2022 @09:01AM (#30221039)
This is clearly not what freedom is
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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by jrochkind1 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @09:31AM (#30221351)
You are saying it's clear freedom is not impacted by Spotify choosing who to pay $100 million to, but is equally clear that it's impacted by Spotify choosing what episodes to pay $100 million for?

Does freedom require my boss to let me do whatever I want at work too? Or just Rogan?

None of that seems as clear to me as it does to you.

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