While I agree with you in a general sense, the details are a little more confused.
First of all, I don’t think that Neil is trying to “de-platform” Rogan. He just doesn’t want his music on the same platform - I’m sure he’s perfectly content for Rogan to remain, and his music to go.
This isn’t even the first time he’s pulled all his music off Spotify (last time it was about sound quality).
Also, the whole thing about podcasting is that you don’t need a platform. Rogan’s deal with Spotify didn’t gain him any new listeners, just a big pile of money.
How’s that ? If I just do a podcast out of my living room, who’s going to hear it unless it’s on ITunes, Audacy or Spotify ?
Also, I think it may have gotten him new listeners. i.e. regular Spotify users who may not have been that familiar with Rogan before he appeared on there and decided to listen.
Excepting podcasts owned or exclusively licensed by a platform - like Rogan, or Talib Kweli’s People’s Party (just random examples) - podcasts are delivered by RSS feed to pretty much any podcast platform.
For example, I can listen to Behind the Bastards (high personal recommendation) on Spotify - or iTunes, or Stitcher, or PodcastAddict, or Audacy, or any number of other apps. If I started a podcast tomorrow, I could have it available on iTunes and every other platform in a few hours, for barely any initial investment.
Well, no. If anything, he’s probably lost listeners.
Prior to his deal, people could still listen to him on Spotify - and every other platform, including YouTube. Now it’s only available on Spotify.
there’s no end to what’s wrong with that post youre referencing
Rogan is not a hard rightie nut. That makes it hard for the knee-jerk narrative left to deal with him. like 60’s stoner rocker clueless leftist ass Young who wants him silenced
in response the lefty soldiers stomp out the usual attacks on the dreaded evil “right”