I'm just surprised people are more outraged that Spotify complied with the artist's request vs being outraged by Spotify's horribly cluttered (and confusing) UI.
It’s sad to see Ars Technica pushing anti-free speech propaganda. I am not right wing. I am a Marxist and I think Joe Rogan is dumb and boring, so I don’t listen to him. Problem solved. Free speech is one of the few great accomplishments this country has made and it’s just sad to watch people turn against it, especially over petty matters like this.
To be clear, the outcome will inevitably be legal enforcements supported (and written) by the private sector for the purpose of deflecting blame.
To me Ars Technica was always a tech blog site, but in the last bit most of the stories I've seen from them (through aggregators like HN) are all these Covid stories parroting various mainstream perspectives. I think this is typical of a lot of outlets that are straying from their core mission in search of covid eyeballs.
Simultaneously, Ars is just one of many (including Neil Young now) that have somehow just become establishment shills. They are all entitled to their viewpoint, but it's extremely uninteresting and a perspective you can get literally everywhere, even if you don't want to see it. It's like a race to the bottom on who can most align themselves with the orthodox view.
Whether I agree with it or not, I'd love to see more thought through perspectives, not just the same regurgitated stuff
