Neil Young returns to Spotify as other streaming services begin hosting "disinformation podcasts": "I cannot leave all those services because my music would have no outlet to music lovers at all"
Neil Young returns to Spotify as other streaming services begin hosting "disinformation podcasts": "I cannot leave all those services because my music would have no outlet to music lovers at all"
Young also urged Spotify to improve sound quality, telling the platform to "start with a limited hi-res tier and build from there"
I feel kind of bad for him that he wasnt backed up by his peers. You've got musicians and small labels in-fighting over the tiny amount of money spotify pay that they wont challenge the site for fear of their income being pulled. Spotify is evil for music. When they side with conspiracy theorists who have no evidence it sends another message - they're income is worth more than what you all need, and that includes your personal safety.
Spotify is not alone. This started with Youtube/Google. They made changes some 10 or more years ago where algorithms were put in place that selected outrageousness over accuracy. This has allowed Rogan and others to make money off the adrevs, the sponsorships and the memberships. Their reach has sprawled into not just those two sites, but social media, TV and radio, magazines and news articles... its more religion than truth.
36He was backed up by a few at first, notably Crosby, Stills, and Nash. But even they came back within a few months
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My Plex Server doesn't host any "disinformation podcasts" and is primarily full of music I bought the physical media for and ripped myself, thus ensuring that the recording artist was paid more that $0.0001 per song.
Buy physical media, buy the tracks directly from the artists, or just pirate the shit and donate to their favorite charity or something. Using Spotify is just about as bad as piracy.
23Tidal doesn't host podcasts and has great quality. Also, sell high quality digital tracks on your own site or through bandcamp, people will buy them.
9"I cannot leave all those services because
I really like all the moneymy music would have no outlet to music lovers at all"5That’s embarrassing
3Fucking coward.
-16It was dumb to leave in the first place. You can't expect to like or agree with every other person on a platform, that's ridiculous.
-50Standing up for your principles isn't ridiculous, and had more artists done the same Spotify might have gotten the message. It's not too dissimilar to when Pearl Jam pulled out of all Ticketmaster venues in the 90s over the price gouging of ticket prices. Had other artists had the nerve to do so as well maybe we wouldn't have the insane concert ticket pricing of today.
69It led me to think about Spotify's politics and ethics and ultimately leaving it as well as a paying customer.
17Same!
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you can't expect to agree with everyone, but maybe some particular examples are beyond the pale.
2That's not the expectation. The expectation is for a platform to choose not to host willingly ignorant content that other creators feel is damaging to their artform or the society they live in.
A democracy means people are free to be stupid, but it necessitates that people strive to be well informed. So Spotify is free to host whatever it wants, and Neil is free to demand better of them.
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