▲ 216 ▼ ...So I Finally Quit Spotify (oliviarafferty.substack.com) submitted 2 years ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 39 points 2 years ago (6 children) What's wrong with it? (I never heard about it, just asking) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 132 points 2 years ago (1 child) They outright won't ban Nazi content from their website. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011232/substack-nazi-moderation-demonetization-hamish-mckenzie permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fubo@lemmy.world 119 points 2 years ago It's not just "won't ban". They collect money from subscriptions to Nazi authors, and pay those authors. They are a Nazi publisher. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) They commodify and profit from Nazis on their platform. When called out for it, their response was "We don't like Nazis either, but we won't do anything about them and we'll continue to take our cut from their presence on our platform" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Untitled4774@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) That sounds an awful lot like them quietly liking it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Turning a blind eye for profit is complicity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Oh I remember hearing that quote. That was them? I had a conversation about it like a week ago. I read “substack” in the article but all tech names are pretty interchangeable to me. They all have the same groupings for the type of thing they are and substack sounded like image hosting or something to do with coding or some template bank for some kind of necessity like invoices or something. Point is, tech names are stupid and I didn’t even put the name to the site as I read it. Good to know, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 132 points 2 years ago (1 child) They outright won't ban Nazi content from their website. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011232/substack-nazi-moderation-demonetization-hamish-mckenzie permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fubo@lemmy.world 119 points 2 years ago It's not just "won't ban". They collect money from subscriptions to Nazi authors, and pay those authors. They are a Nazi publisher. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 119 points 2 years ago It's not just "won't ban". They collect money from subscriptions to Nazi authors, and pay those authors. They are a Nazi publisher. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) They commodify and profit from Nazis on their platform. When called out for it, their response was "We don't like Nazis either, but we won't do anything about them and we'll continue to take our cut from their presence on our platform" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Untitled4774@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) That sounds an awful lot like them quietly liking it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Turning a blind eye for profit is complicity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Oh I remember hearing that quote. That was them? I had a conversation about it like a week ago. I read “substack” in the article but all tech names are pretty interchangeable to me. They all have the same groupings for the type of thing they are and substack sounded like image hosting or something to do with coding or some template bank for some kind of necessity like invoices or something. Point is, tech names are stupid and I didn’t even put the name to the site as I read it. Good to know, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Untitled4774@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) That sounds an awful lot like them quietly liking it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Turning a blind eye for profit is complicity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Turning a blind eye for profit is complicity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Oh I remember hearing that quote. That was them? I had a conversation about it like a week ago. I read “substack” in the article but all tech names are pretty interchangeable to me. They all have the same groupings for the type of thing they are and substack sounded like image hosting or something to do with coding or some template bank for some kind of necessity like invoices or something. Point is, tech names are stupid and I didn’t even put the name to the site as I read it. Good to know, though. permalink fedilink source parent