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Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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My biggest problem is the censure. I'm in my car, "hey google play teenage dirt bag on spotify". Sounds great until the "her boyfriends a dick he brings a [silence]. And he'd simply kick my ass..."
Or Jay-Z story of OJ : "rich jigga, poor jigga, house jigga, field jigga"
What? Seriously loses all context and meaning.
Spotify redefining the message of whatever was happening... Some cracker ass Swedish company censuiring the n-word when used by an artform that is legitimate and on purpose.
That's why I collect vinyl. Can't change that shit up on my listening it. It's the way it is. If Jay Z wanted to use the N word then I want to hear it like it is. Not some bullshit "jigga" shit wtf is that? Isn't it denying his message?
Nonsense.
I had mine set up like that. But it'll default to the clean version if you ask voice to play a song.
But Jay Z made that version too, knowing fully that the distributer can choose which pegi-level they want to use - rather than blocking the song altogether, or worse bleeping the bad language.
You can choose which pegi-level you use in the software, maybe your system is set up to defaults?
I think it's weird to blame this on Spotify...
It's because of this disgusting American cultural puritanism, I don't know why but Americans especially the boomer cunts lose their shit at the first sight of a slur
Remember Carlin's famous bit?
Bro, "Puritanism" is a religious movement of the 16-17th century. Maybe you mean purism?
Granted I haven't used Spotify for anything but an alarm clock ever since I canceled my premium a year ago, but what censorship are you talking about? 80% of my listening time before I quit was rap and I can assure you, there was a lot of bad language. Most albums and singles that have clean versions have a dirty version as well. Back in the day, clean and dirty were listed as separate albums, but they changed it so that it's one listing and you have to somehow pick which version you want to look at/listen to/add to playlists. But maybe they changed that again I don't know. I also vaguely remember there being a user setting for showing explicit content, but I'm not sure.
When you request a song through voice (like in your car), it'll default to clean versions of songs. Even if your settings are allowing explicit lyrics.
Ok. That definitely sucks, but I wouldn't say that's Spotify censoring anything. It's just trash UX.
Wtf? Just could not believe, had to check it out for myself. What's wrong with people.
Censure is me yelling at you for using the wrong word.