Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
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Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#2Is this at all surprising? Spotify paid a lot of money to have Rogan on their platform because he (supposedly) makes them more money. Young gave a request of the "choose-him-or-me" variety, and Spotify honored that request. I doubt Young's body of work really amounts to much money for Spotify.
Did Young really think that Spotify would drop Rogan over him? Would he have preferred to keep the status quo? I believe Young got what he asked for and/or wanted. He's no longer on the same platform as Rogan. That's a win, right?
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#3Is this at all surprising? Spotify paid a lot of money to have Rogan on their platform because he (supposedly) makes them more money. Young gave a request of the "choose-him-or-me" variety, and Spotify honored that request. I doubt Young's body of work really amounts to much money for Spotify. Did Young really think that Spotify would drop Rogan over him? Would he have preferred to keep the status quo? I believe Youn…
Neil will be the first of many to do it.
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#4Is this at all surprising? Spotify paid a lot of money to have Rogan on their platform because he (supposedly) makes them more money. Young gave a request of the "choose-him-or-me" variety, and Spotify honored that request. I doubt Young's body of work really amounts to much money for Spotify. Did Young really think that Spotify would drop Rogan over him? Would he have preferred to keep the status quo? I believe Youn…
I have no idea how popular Neil Young is, but I can imagine this can boost his popularity which then he can cash in somehow.
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
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Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#6Large thread on this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30093354
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#7Is this at all surprising? Spotify paid a lot of money to have Rogan on their platform because he (supposedly) makes them more money. Young gave a request of the "choose-him-or-me" variety, and Spotify honored that request. I doubt Young's body of work really amounts to much money for Spotify. Did Young really think that Spotify would drop Rogan over him? Would he have preferred to keep the status quo? I believe Youn…
I don't think he expected them to drop Rogan, I think he just did this out of principal, but it really ended up being embarrassing for him. It was an opportunity to hear a collective "Who?" out of the under-50 demographic, and reminded a lot of fans that they hadn't listened to him in many years.
It came off like he was shouting his irrelevancy from the rooftops. I hope he gained some sense of satisfaction or peace from his, because he won't be gaining much else.
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#8Neil Young seems pretty on top of things, generally.
You can buy any of his music DRM-free directly: https://store.neilyoungarchives.com/
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#9Is this at all surprising? Spotify paid a lot of money to have Rogan on their platform because he (supposedly) makes them more money. Young gave a request of the "choose-him-or-me" variety, and Spotify honored that request. I doubt Young's body of work really amounts to much money for Spotify. Did Young really think that Spotify would drop Rogan over him? Would he have preferred to keep the status quo? I believe Youn…
I think his idea is that if a few popular artists took a stand like him, Spotify would have to change their decision.
Re: Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
#10Is this at all surprising? Spotify paid a lot of money to have Rogan on their platform because he (supposedly) makes them more money. Young gave a request of the "choose-him-or-me" variety, and Spotify honored that request. I doubt Young's body of work really amounts to much money for Spotify. Did Young really think that Spotify would drop Rogan over him? Would he have preferred to keep the status quo? I believe Youn…
Neil will be the first of many to do it.
Do you believe that for empirical reasons or ideological reasons? So far this appears to be false.