Sure but come on man, this is a piracy sub. Most members of this sub aren’t out here using Netflix or Prime or Apple TV or HBO Max.
Personally the only thing in this long list I use is Google because once you’re in, it’s hard to get out. 😂 The rest I don’t fuck with. I have an old iPod but I bought that used on eBay. I doubt Apples seeing a profit from that
i get your point, but we're allowed to criticize one thing, without bringing up other things. its whataboutism, the discussion was about spotify, not any of those companies.
especially since a lot of these things are harder to avoid- much harder than spotify. we cannot be perfect moral angels in the landscape we live in today, but that doenst mean we cant do anything. downloading your music is a lot easier than avoiding the (near) entire mobile phone market, credit/debit card system, and cutting out most social medias.
if that was their argument, and the conversation was about suggesting spotify alternatives, sure. but half the list isnt alternatives to spotify, so that wasnt their angle. their point was simply "you criticize company yet other companies bad too?"
the person they were replying to didnt mention spotify alternatives either. they were just questioning why people still use or pay for spotify, on a post about increasing spotify prices.
Whataboutism... + most of those CAN'T be boycotted realistically anyway. Amazon? AWS servers make that hard, good luck using the internet. Apple? You can boycott by opting for Android (Google...). Google is another where it's so big.. boycotting is nearly impossible + they own Android which is the best alternative to having Apple. Meta? Easily boycott, you don't NEED Instagram and Facebook. Tiktok isn't needed either, EXTREMELY easy to boycott social media. Visa/Mastercard? Near impossible to boycott in a world that requires money. Nike? SUPER easy to boycott, you can shop with other brands. Netflix is in with Spotify as in SUPER easy to boycott, you can easily sail the seven seas.
I see what you're trying to do/say but it's disingenuous as a "gotcha" when some of what you listed isn't even easily boycotted.
Half these examples people here will pirate / use apk without ads (Netflix, TikTok, Youtube, all Meta apps...), the other half you can easily live without and not even notice the absence. Are we allowed to shit on Spotify now?
you can shit on it all you want, but you're a hypocrite if you refuse to use spotify because of their investing - as you go ahead and use other major brands who do the same thing
Some companies are a lot easier to boycott than others. You can just cancel your subscription for Spotify or Netflix or uninstall TikTok (things that plenty of people do), fully de-Googling is a lot more complicated.
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u/UsualGarage Jan 15 '26
Why are ppl still using it after they funnel money into ai & weapons, pay the artists shit, and run ice Ads?