People are allowed to change their minds when offered new information, no?
I have Spotify but I use it for the music. It’s $10 a month and when I first subscribed it was a better option than $10 per album download. I guess it depends on what music you have and what new music you want.
The podcasts being exclusive is interesting but content is king for all platforms. People pay for all types of media, Satellite radio, Netflix, HBO, Patreon, Cameo, etc....
It will be interesting to see the future of charging for podcasts is the future.
JRE videos were/are being becoming increasingly demonetized on Youtube, along with many Youtube channels, as Youtube continues to abandon the "you" in Youtube and moves towards prioritizing corporate programming. With many new speech restrictions, Youtube is not a safe or stable platform for Rogan and others. Youtube practices selective enforcement and Joe's already published speech that went against Youtube's terms of service. I've read or heard that Spotify has been courting him for a while, and finally a 9 figure deal plus Youtube's instability for creators has apparently forced his hand.
Personally, I'm against financially supporting corporate news or entertainment and don't pay for cable/Netflix, etc.... I do pay to support people's Youtube, etc... channels and websites whose messages I want to promote. My main concern is continuing to allow non-corporate entities to express themselves, and not in a vacuum, which was Youtube's initial appeal. I'm not for a handful of corporations providing most news, entertainment, and thought.
