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by Lurkynerd 1609 days ago
Neil Old.

But seriously, as brilliant of a songwriter and musician he was, it's hard to not suspect he had ulterior motives here. He's been wanting his content off streaming platforms for a while (he's done it before, citing music quality as the supposed reason). This latest stunt vs Rogan/Spotify was a great opportunity for him to earn social brownie points while moving to stream his music on his own platform. Win-win.

He is totally free to do that of course, just as Spotify is free to not be held hostage by his ultimatum.