• floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    101·
    20 hours ago

    He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.

    Edit: Disappointingly, it turns out he went back to Spotify after a couple of years.

    • ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldEnglish
      671·
      19 hours ago

      I’m pretty sure his label put his stuff back on there, despite his wishes. I seen to remember a need article at the time describing his reaction as “disappointed”. Not all of his stuff is back on there, but I guess the stuff he didn’t have full control over is.

      Personally, I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but I do listen to Neil Young. And Spotify is the way I typically listen to anything since they killed the SD Card on most mobile phones. So it hurt me, and I assume it hurts anyone who would want to listen to both and only gets the option of Joe Rogan. So I think having access to media is better, but I’m not the artist and I get taking a moral stance.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        25·
        19 hours ago

        I think the aim is to get people to switch to a more ethical streaming service, if they want to stream music. Spotify isn’t the only option.

        • ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          15 hours ago

          I tried tidal about two years ago and they had even less of what I listen to than Spotify. But maybe I should check in again and see what’s different, because nothing stays the same for long.

          • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtfEnglish
            3·
            6 hours ago

            If you don’t want to support an American company, you could also try Qobuz.

          • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            9·
            16 hours ago

            Yeah check again. It’s pretty comprehensive now and it has not yet been littered with AI songs. Only issue I have is sometimes songs in my Playlist will no longer be licensed with them and can’t play anymore which is frustrating but rare. Aufio quality is better than Spotify.