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by samueldavid 2886 days ago
that's ok, vote with your wallet, just as long as you don't pressure spotify to change its policies then all fine i guess \_(ツ)_/¯
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We can voice our opinions/concerns. This is very basic principle of democracy. Protests are one of the most important feature of democracy. Without protests, we won't have a lot of basic rights we take for granted now.

Online comments are probably the most weak form of protests. Spotify can ignore it or not. They may lose revenue or not. But no one is forcing anyone.

Wait, so you support freedom of expression, unless that expression pressures Spotify in this case? How do you relive that blatant contradiction in your thinking? People have a right to be intolerant of Alex Jones, unless you think his freedom to be a bloviating asshole somehow trumps other people’s freedom to be intolerant of him and any who carry him?