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		jrpt on Sept 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spotify employees threaten to strike if Joe Rogan ... The difference is Spotify is paying Joe Rogan $100M for his content. He's not a "guest in a hotel", they entered into a mutually beneficial contract to host his content. Spotify is using this to grow their userbase.

ncmncm on Sept 26, 2020 [–]

And, he can certainly afford to pay fully as much as is needed to check the accuracy of every word he and his guests emit.

antepodius on Sept 29, 2020 | [–]

I'm sure that'd be an entertaining show to watch, interrupted every 5 seconds for nitpicking corrections of minutae.

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