The Golden One - March 16, 2021


Farewell Spotify! The Golden One PWO of Metal and Glory Playlist Update


Episode Stats


Length

6 minutes

Words per minute

132.91823

Word count

861

Sentence count

77


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about my decision to leave my Spotify subscription and why I don't like the amount of pushy wokeness that's going on in the world of music streaming services. I also talk about why I'm no longer active on my playlist.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Greetings Subscribing Tons! That's an absolutely aesthetic hoodie, if there ever was one.
00:00:09.660 Now I want to make a quick video. I was originally supposed to make a podcast episode today,
00:00:17.040 but I needed to meditate a bit more and load up some more to give it the attention it deserves.
00:00:24.660 You can follow me on Telegram for more information about it. It's an important episode.
00:00:30.660 Anyway, I also wrote a few days ago on Telegram that I have quit my Spotify subscription,
00:00:40.660 and now you wonder why is this important enough to make a video about.
00:00:45.660 Yes, it's because I've had a playlist there for, well, soon ten years actually.
00:00:53.660 That's a long time. A decade. So anyway, it was quite big, I suppose.
00:00:59.660 Four and a half thousand followers. It's still up, by the way.
00:01:03.660 And I get emails every week, several emails every week from artists asking can I be on your playlist.
00:01:12.660 For the record, I ignore all of those emails now.
00:01:17.660 If you are a musician that is our guy and you want to send over a song I can use in a video,
00:01:27.660 then I will of course listen to it and maybe include it in a video.
00:01:31.660 So I make a distinction between people who are just out to be on the Spotify playlist
00:01:37.660 and the ones who are willing to have it in a video etc.
00:01:42.660 So anyway, what is the reason for me to quit my Spotify subscription I've had for ten years?
00:01:52.660 Yes, I simply got enough of the political pushiness.
00:01:57.660 If you are on Spotify, if you work for Spotify, no one ever asked you about your political opinions.
00:02:05.660 No one cares. You are a music service. You stream music for people.
00:02:10.660 When I go into the gym, which I did the other day, I don't want to get your suggested podcast about woke issue number whatever.
00:02:22.660 I'm not interested. I'm interested in listening to the music I want to listen to.
00:02:27.660 You can keep it at that.
00:02:29.660 So show some humility.
00:02:31.660 Don't view your work, your profession as political activism.
00:02:38.660 You can leave that to the individuals people actually want to hear, talk about politics.
00:02:43.660 And you are not included. I'm very sorry to say, no one cares about what you...
00:02:48.660 No one cares about your political opinions. You're a music streaming service.
00:02:52.660 And this goes for all companies. If you believe it's your role to promote a political agenda, it's absolutely not.
00:02:59.660 Just focus on what you're good at.
00:03:01.660 So anyway, this is of course, you know, I've seen Spotify censoring certain podcasts and then promoting other podcasts who are left-wing in their politics.
00:03:15.660 So I've had enough of it. Again, I've been with Spotify for a long time.
00:03:22.660 And I've seen this creeping pushy wokeness more and more over the last few years.
00:03:30.660 This particular day I was in the gym. I, you know, got in my face promotion for the latest whatever it was.
00:03:40.660 It was enough. And therefore I, as a customer, I'm paying you for a service.
00:03:48.660 I don't believe I'm getting what I'm paying for. I'm paying for music, not to get propaganda in my face.
00:03:54.660 So therefore after a long time I decided to quit Spotify.
00:04:00.660 As I said, my playlist is still there. I won't update it with any new music.
00:04:05.660 But since it's something I've had for so long, I think it would be a shame for me to remove it.
00:04:11.660 So if you are there, you can of course listen to it. But I've also included a link in the description box below.
00:04:18.660 And yes, as you might have guessed, it is absolutely mandatory for you to follow said link in the description box below.
00:04:26.660 If you aren't following the link, I can only suppose you are an NPC.
00:04:30.660 I said it before, I'll say it again. You're very special. We love you.
00:04:34.660 But for everyone who's not an NPC, link in the description box below.
00:04:39.660 And that will lead you to some other places you can listen to music.
00:04:43.660 I'm trying to promote musicians who are on our side as well.
00:04:50.660 We can create that type of culture ourselves.
00:04:53.660 I don't need to be completely reliant on a company that behaves in such a way.
00:05:00.660 Now anyway, I wanted to make this video because I have not promoted Spotify as a company.
00:05:05.660 But I've promoted my playlist in a good few videos and I wanted to say that I'm not active there anymore.
00:05:14.660 I'm not updating it anymore. I will try to promote good people on different platforms, music that we can use.
00:05:21.660 And again, link in the description box below.
00:05:24.660 And yeah, that's the wisdom for the day. Not really any wisdom. I just want to give an update because I believe it's important.
00:05:33.660 So anyway, thank you for watching and thank you to everyone who follow the link in the description box and follow the instructions there.
00:05:43.660 Shout out to everyone who has already done so.
00:05:47.660 So anyway, thank you for watching. XXO BOOM!
00:06:03.660 Not all right.
00:06:05.660 You're looking to hurt.
00:06:15.660 All right.
00:06:18.660 There.
00:06:20.660 You.