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The Verge reports:
Earlier this week, Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify after falling out with the platform over its hosting of Joe Rogan and COVID misinformation. So now, of course, rival streamer Apple Music is courting Young and his fans, sending out tweets, playlists, and even push notifications to brand itself as “The home of Neil Young.”
It’s all a bit of theatrical silliness, of course. Neil Young is a legendary songwriter, yes, but his presence or absence won’t decide the fate of this or that streaming platform. The company’s not been subtle about it either. It even placed a playlist of Young’s music at the front of its “browse” section under the heading “We Love Neil.”
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Apple trolls Spotify with Neil Young tweets, playlists, and push notifications https://t.co/SvqVV1GgtY pic.twitter.com/4PgGoncrEY
— The Verge (@verge) January 28, 2022
NEW: Over 270 doctors and scientists have sent a letter to Spotify urging them to take action against Joe Rogan’s dangerous COVID lies. Spotify’s stock value is plummeting and their customer support crashed yesterday from too many people canceling their accounts.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) January 28, 2022
BREAKING: Spotify has shutdown its live customer support due to an unprecedented number of complaints after they doubled-down on their Joe Rogan anti-vax campaign pic.twitter.com/yscw97xTkt
— LeGate (@williamlegate) January 27, 2022
“Switch to one of the alternatives, companies that support the arts,” Young adds. “Real sound is available there… You just have to leave Spotify and go to a place that truly cares about music quality.” https://t.co/v4TGPIUuba pic.twitter.com/yUMdxrDTcC
— Variety (@Variety) January 28, 2022
Young stressed that he “supports free speech.”
“Private companies have the right to choose what they profit from, just as I can choose not to have my music support a platform that disseminates harmful information,” Young writes. https://t.co/v4TGPIUuba
— Variety (@Variety) January 28, 2022
Spotify Celebrates 100th Dollar Given To Artists https://t.co/S9loZKuhgi pic.twitter.com/aep3P9clOC
— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 27, 2022
Good for you Neil.
I’ve always been an Apple guy for streaming. No Joe Rogan for me thank you! @neilyoung @SpotifyUSA— Peter Frampton (@peterframpton) January 28, 2022
I recently heard a rumor about me and Spotify. I don’t know where it started, but it didn’t start with me or anyone who represents me.
— Barry Manilow (@barrymanilow) January 28, 2022
As is often the case in this world, a couple of right-wing trolls started this rumour, then a lot of left-wing people said ‘yay Barry’ and amplified it. https://t.co/lDPY1d7T3r
— mcbc ??? (@mcbc) January 28, 2022
SiriusXM revived Neil Young’s radio channel after Spotify refused to cut Joe Rogan’s lucrative podcast, and other streamers promoted the folk-rocker https://t.co/lcEwxTEBIc
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 27, 2022