![]() ![]() Folks whose public persona basically revolves around bashing the streaming giant have spent the past few days (repeatedly) posting, often with the giddiness of a child tearing into their presents on Christmas morning. (After all, I’ve rung the “Spotify is bad” alarm more times than I can count over the past few years.) There’s a media feeding frenzy happening right now, and social media is also rife with Spotify-related chatter. Given all that, perhaps you’re expecting some sort of anti-Spotify diatribe, or maybe just an “I told you so” victory lap. (Worth noting: The platform’s new dedicated COVID-19 Hub is literally just a page of pandemic-related podcasts on Spotify, along with a non-clickable URL of the World Health Organization’s coronavirus webpage.) Over the past few days, Joni Mitchell joined Young in abandoning ship, rumors surged that Foo Fighters (and other high-profile artists) might follow suit, Spotify’s market valuation has dropped by billions of dollars and CEO Daniel Ek, looking to stop the bleeding, put out a statement clarifying (sort of) the company’s policies in regard to COVID-19 and content. ![]() After Neil Young gave the streaming platform an ultimatum, saying that they could have either his music or Joe Rogan’s mammoth podcast (which has been repeatedly accused of spreading misinformation regarding the pandemic and vaccines), Spotify (not surprisingly) chose the latter, triggering yet another wave of bad press for the company.
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