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[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's how I'd behave if I wanted to start this journey again

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't tested it myself but this seems interesting https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/

It grabs your playlists from Spotify and downloads the corresponding songs from YouTube

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Interesting, but won't help me personally. The account was erased.

All other services were like: ok, we cannot process your payment due to the war. This one yielded a bizarre message about how I am complicit with Russian army's atrocities in Ukraine and therefore they delete my account till the end of March 2022

Like okay, Spotify you made your political statement, but does it somehow affect the actual political situation? I admire some Russian piracy sites that replaced advertisements with cinematics from Bucha and links to volunteers that helped Ukrainians to move to Europe through Russia

[–] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Money talks; if they imply any support for unpopular opinion people would drop support, thus making them lose money

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

I don't understand your point tbh.

They did choose to exit russian market because

  1. Russian market is minor compared to western market, given the fact that russian market of Music streaming is dominated by Yandex Music.

  2. There were not that many ways of legalizing income from Russian territory because of visa/mc ban and swift ban.

  3. Political climate in Russia was and is quite harsh: bizarre regulations and employees as hostages just to name a few.

  4. Twitter politics (shaming companies that do not exit russian market) was a minor factor I believe. Some western corps are there including the one where I used to work (USA). Also YouTube/google still bans content that authorities find inappropriate (e.g. how to escape draft)