Private equity gobbling up everything for sale or rent has the patience and money to sit us all out.

This is awesome engineering. Efficiency should be more highly prized!

The pandemic has brought forward the inevitable realization tbat Silicon Valley is not about changing the world for the better.

Is it bad to feel depressed that this has been going for nearly half a century with No end In Sight. In fact it’s stated goal is the dream end state of any pharma co that could cure it. Endless treatment to stave off death.

> In fact it’s stated goal is the dream end state of any pharma co that could cure it. Endless treatment to stave off death.

Where does it say endless treatment? Most cancer treatments aren't endless.

I guess no does not mean no huh. But Nice try to explain away when people have already chosen to opt out!

Not sure of Spotify’s angle here. Artists don’t get enough money from Spotify to be loyal… could Lead to a mass exodus. I hope it does. Rogan gets to metaphorically drive drunk around town free from consequences it seems.

I think that angle is that until they reeled in JRE, they didn't really have anything original or exclusive. Virtually everything that people were listening to belonged to legacy record companies and artists. The Joe Rogan Experience is one of the biggest things going, and it's still young as a show, and they have it exclusively, so don't expect them to give it up for someone whose popularity peaked a long time ago (no disrespect to Neil Young).

Not a JR fan at all, but I suspect that Spotify knows very well who gets more listens between him and Neil Young. There may be ideology playing out on the edges of this thing, but Spotify's angle is 100% commercial.

Most artists don't have any say in the matter. For every Taylor Swift, there are a million Neon Trees.

This is an article from the spectator? The hard right magazine that has patted certain people on the back that might be thought a little beyond the pale in most places?

Stop spreading doubt about it being nefarious. AI is trained. And if this is the future it’s still censorship regardless of if there’s an algorithm to blame or a human.

A poorly designed AI can appear to be … nefarious.

and regardless what the stated purpose was. You're still just as dead from friendly fire.

That comment was neither censorship nor advocating censorship. It was meeting speech with other speech.

The stasi were impressive also. They would have loved this.

This is the current sad state of America. American Capitalism currently has the ability to pay for legislation to make it illegal to breathe air for free (Damn leftists and free breathing), then is ready to have the companies that paid for the legislation to charge you PAYG for breathing.

End stage capitalism is a thing.