The other comment said it best. Also, note that Young has dropped out of Spotify before. He made a hue and cry about its audio quality, dropped out, launched his own music player, it didn't do very well, and then he came back.
I feel like he just wanted an excuse to leave, to be very honest, so he could promote competitors that encourage high-quality streaming.
He had the option to simply leave Spotify and state the reasons why. But instead he chose to make threats about leaving unless someone else was cancelled.
When that didn't work, he moaned about Spotify's poor audio quality on his way out the door, adding something about young people believing everything they hear. I can't see anything respectable in that coarse of action.
> Young, 76, said Spotify accounted for 60% of the streaming of his music to listeners around the world. The removal is "a huge loss for my record company to absorb," he said.
So, at least according to Young, the move is "a huge loss".
whether or not Spotify is a social platform is irrelevant. Young didn't want to be involved with a business so directly supporting & fostering his/our worlds foes.
I'm genuinely curious what you mean by this? Is there some nuance I'm missing here?
My take is that he was originally happy with his contract with Spotify, but he now disagrees with how their platform is handling a certain issue, so he is ending his contract with Spotify?
He said not to long ago that he was actually hoping to be less famous and relevant by moving to Spotify. He wanted less lime light. However to him it backfired as more people are talking about him although less are probably actually listening.
It's a mistake for someone with a massive audience and their own platform to give that up.
There's a reason Spotify paid him one hundred million dollars (or whatever it was) - he thought he was getting the better side of that deal, but he was wrong.
What Spotify is doing is worse for users, but also worse for content creators in the long run. Giving up control of your distribution is a mistake.
He acknowledged that this may not be spotify's fault. Where the blame lies is completely orthogonal to whether or not it makes him not want to use the service.
The problem is that, according to OPs Linkedin, landing at Spotify was a huge career goal. I think that he really thought high of himself + really wanted to stay. Maybe he even did not realize that he is "just a contractor".
I'll immediately leave Spotify too as a user if Spotify bends to the will of Neil Young (and I'm a NY fan as well).
I imagine there's more listeners like me, and I assume there's no listeners out there that will suddenly start listening to Spotify if they aren't already.
the part "Whether you want to follow in Neil Young’s footsteps or are already streaming music and podcasts through another service, deleting your stagnant Spotify account is a good idea." has nothing to do with privacy, but with an specific agenda.
I feel like he just wanted an excuse to leave, to be very honest, so he could promote competitors that encourage high-quality streaming.
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