Two years ago, Neil Young pulls his music from Spotify In response to Joe Rogan spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on his podcast, which features prominently on the platform. Young is back on Spotify, though he’s not too excited about it.
“My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon begin offering the same disinformation podcast features that I opposed. Spotify,” Yang said in a statement blog post Tuesday. “I couldn’t just leave Apple and Amazon like I left Spotify because there were no streaming channels for my music for music lovers, so I came back to Spotify with the sincere hope that the sound quality on Spotify would improve and people would be able to listen and Feel all the music we make.”
In late 2021, Rogen doubled down on his efforts to spread misinformation about covid-19 vaccines, with episodes starring Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Peter McCullough, both of whom have spent much of the pandemic spreading rumors about how effective vaccines are. of false information. Spotify did it Add warning to episodes containing possible misinformation about coronavirus But the company did not remove the controversial episodes.Rogan apologized for his anti-vaxxer platform at the time, but has since stepped up his conspiracy theory drivel, including Share a fake story about a school providing litter boxes to “furry” students.
Rogen’s crap aside, Young also doesn’t care about anything less than the highest quality audio for his music.Over the years he has released his “High-resolution” portable music playerwrote a Book About his mission to save high-quality music and support other music services with high-fidelity audio such as Qobuz and Tidal. Young wrote that he wanted Spotify to create a limited “high-resolution layer” that would give his music the sound quality he wanted.