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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by revnode on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:30PM (#30228348)
> it was ultimately a matter of money for him

Not necessarily. He could have seen the writing on the wall with Google/YouTube and wanted a platform where he would not be censored ... and may have miscalculated.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by briHass on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:43PM (#30228432)
I agree. He's said similar things before on his podcast, and I have little reason to not believe him.

People seem to forget that he had an ownership stake in the UFC, which sold for over 4 billion dollars. Also, an ownership stake in Onnit (cofounder), which sold for untold millions to Unilever. $100MM is a lot of money, but he was very, very wealthy before that deal. It's not like he was scraping by on Ramen noodles before Spotify came along.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by sangnoir on Sunday February 06, 2022 @01:38AM (#30230055)
When in the history of mankind was anyone ever too rich to want more?[1] The hedonic treadmill doesn't top-out at 6 or 7 digits.

1. Also "I signed a 100M deal" can be about more than just the money

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