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So you're asking if I'd be cool with Spotify taking something I already pay for, taking it away, and making me pay an additional subscription for? No. No I would not be okay with that.
It's funny how I didn't notice what Amazon is doing until someone literally spell it out to me. It's so obvious in hindsight, and kinda genius. I don't trust Amazon's own products except for the Fire brand, so I guess it didn't work for me.
@WolfgangLMclain It's pretty straight forward. In the US, it can't be antitrust until it's bad for the consumer. Amazon is constantly cutting prices down. Walmart has been doing the same thing for years, neither will get stopped by the US
@@Manganization They are screwing everyone with this. It's not exactly a new concept, it's a little similar to how Nandos have screwed their franchisees in some countries but it's not only that, Amazon screwing sellers over will do is lead to cheaper quality/knockoff products and even more customer dissatisfaction. The standard of product has already deteriorated to the point you just never know what the fuck you're buying anymore. I dunno about other people's reasons for sticking with them but I simply can't justify using them anymore, even if they weren't such a scumbag corporation.
They allow small companies to compete at a market level they hadn't previously been able to since they can just sell shit online. I mean, its not as simple as that, but at least anyone can sell in the same marketplace now.
Well 1 good thing is that the woman in charge is also the one that fined Google 9.5 billion and she said that Amazon and FB were next on her hitlist and this initial finding means she is about to shaft Bezos without using any lube and Zuck is next.
It's a circus, why should a company have to care about the well being of another company? It makes absolutely no sense. Imagine creating your own product and having the government forcing you to improve the sales of a competitor product?? Absolutely insane.
There will always be checks and balances. If you view it as wrong, there will always be pirates :] If it's fair, pay for it. Pretty black and white in my opinion.
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I was thinking the same thing, I enjoy listening to a podcast once a month but I'm very willing to give that up if they're gonna make me pay a subscription fee
yeah more or less this. i wouldnt stop, but id just listen to other free podcasts. esp. since podcasts are often hours of content, so there is really more than enough room for ads in there, and i dont mind ads. another subscription? please no
Can someone please explain the appeal of podcasts to me? I really don’t get it at all. If you’re just listening to people talk... well, there’s plenty of videos of people doing just that. So podcasts are the same?... Just without the visuals? 🤨 Why not just play a video and listen to it in the background? Why the podcast craze?
@@LordVader66 While quite wealthy, Bezos doesn't have 170 billion dollars. He has a net worth around that... of which a good 90% is stock in Amazon. It's only of value if someone wants to buy it. On the other side, Amazon spent 20 years losing money providing a service that saves people time and money. “So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Aconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?
@@johngaltline9933 While I agree with what you’re saying. People always tend to get that saying wrong, the bible never says ‘money is the root of evil’, instead it says ‘the LOVE of money is the root of evil’
@xBluegamerx. Sounds like you know nothing about Amazon. While they do seem to apply some predatory practises (should be countered), they're paying their employees double the minimum wage, at least $15 an hour. The conditions are better at the Amazon than many other workplaces, if we place the burden and strenuous assignments aside. Being rich doesn't imply that you're exploitative just because your company is worth a ton on the stock market. That's so ignorant.
@@LordVader66 Do you even know how much they're paying their employees or are you talking about something that you do not have any experience in? And is it that difficult to use entire words instead of shorteners?
@@thatgirlreacts5465 Uhh, that's what you call any business taking business from another. They host them for a fee and then use the statistics gained to put their own product in that place and preferentially show their own product over the businesses that are their clients.
Because of the mixed economy we live in, once a company becomes successful enough, modern governments will invariably try to force their will onto those companies which will have no choice but to play along in the corruption and politics game.
@@theyneverknow lmao, i know plenty of millionaires, most of them made money by having a good idea. Not every country is a Necrocapitalistic state like the US.
Imo, too many companies have managed to squirm their way into either a oligopoly or a monopoly in the world today. It’s long past due for them to be brought back into a competitive market.
The big issue with the -opilies of the Internet is that there isn’t really a “physical good” or anything of the businesses at hand that can be easily controlled this way by law. Plus an issue that comes up is that a lot of people don’t necessarily want to wade through 5, 10, 20 sites for a set of kitchen knives
Without those 5-10 cites, the main cite can increase prices squandering competition and affective Lynch controlling the market. There should not be a monopoly or oligopoly in an internet setting nor a real life one thank you very much
@@irocku343 by squirm I mean using shady business practices to obtain a dominant standing in an emerging market and utilizing that dominance to expand and dominate related markets through unfair business practices. Please note that I am not focused on shopping here. I am including Samsung and Apple, Microsoft and Sony, Amazon, Google, the list goes on.
"There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration" is probably the worst thing I've heard all month, especially considering it came from the Secretary of State
Did any of you watch the actual speech or just the clip here? I in all honesty believe that was a misspeak. The very sentence before that he said congratulations to Biden on a record breaking President elect win. And the sentence after the clip he said, no matter who stands in the office on January 21, there will be a smooth transition.
Imagine being against affordable healthcare. Or just right wing in general. I'm from nz my medication is $20. In the states it would cost me over $1000 a month.
Honestly! Im in the UK and even the right wing people here value the NHS. America is SO right wing it confuses me - now can you genuinely be against accessible healthcare for all??
My oral chemo meds were over $1000 for a single pill. My oncologist had a social worker whose only job was to help patients find ways to pay or apply for aid from local charities. It’s obscene for Americans to have to go through things like this.
Because the ACA caused a couple million to lose healthcare as premiums went up by as much as 300% and they didn’t make little enough for the ACA to cover them
I rather just pay the creator directly through like Patreon to get ad-free content than it being behind a paywall. Podcasts kind of remind me of UA-cam videos, it just makes more sense to keep it widely accessible and just insert audience targeted ads
Amazon with a Donald Trump accent: "No company cares more about small businesses or has done more to support them over the past two decades than Amazon."
hockeyplaya1155 I find it odd you unfollowed yet here you are... commenting on the newest video less than 24 hours after release, reading the comment sections, replying to comments. Seems like you may be a bit obsessed, my dude.
@@krh6239 that not really accurate. A monopoly gives you the ability to charge more than you product/service is 'worth' in a free market. Capitalism is when trade is a for profit system with private owners. It's more accurate to say, many capitalists would want to own a monopoly because it's a non-complicated way to guarantee higher profits. It's not the goal of capitalism. This whole comment feels pointless after writing it, NVM. But I took the time to type it so I'm hitting enter and you can do with it what you will
@@PokeTyranno58 I feel like before we know it everything will be owned by one company unless something radically changes. Those dystopian futures from books, movies and games don't seem too far off.
Dude I was a Trump supporter in 2016, but this is freaky man. Literally millions of people are worshiping this guy and everything he does and will kill and die for him. He lost very obviously and millions of people genuinely can't see it.
Many people want an investigation to make sure there is no fraud. Let it happen. We dealt with Democrats investigating trump for nearly his entire presidency and that didnt even find anything.
I'm not even American and I remember in 2000 Gore was heralded as winner for a month before Bush got given the verdict. The whole thing is suss as always over there and a flip wouldn't surprise me. Everyone thinking their team has won before the end is premature, it won't age well and I wouldn't be surprised if people throw tantrums if it does flip and even if it doesn't.
@@AcSlaytah56 I am 100% okay with an investigation and recount. The problem is if the results are the same and Biden is confirmed they still won't accept it. That is gonna cause some serious problems.
@@HumbugShow Gore was never projected to be the winner of the 2000 election because Florida was too close. Gore and Bush were separated by a few hundred votes. That's not the case with this election. The states that Trump wants a recount in are Arizona and Georgia, where Biden leads both states by nearly 13k votes, Wisconsin where he leads by over 20k votes, Nevada where he leads by nearly 40k and Pennsylvania where he leads by nearly 50k votes. Recounts can shift votes by a couple hundred one way or the other, it doesn't shift them by the 10s of thousands. There's nothing "suss" about what's going on here aside from Trump throwing a temper tantrum because he lost.
Joe Biden has not won the election yet. It has not been called. After giving a foreign relations press briefing, the questions were all about transition to Biden (who has not won) from left-wing journalists rather than the material at hand. Mike Pompeo gave a cheeky, albeit inapproriate, resonse to point out how loaded the question was. He immediately went into detail about the process and that the process will be respected. Don't get your news from Phillip DeFranco who is an amalgamate machine. Use your brain and seek out primary evidence.
@@rachellcarpenterr his dad was actually worse and destroyed a lot of Un’s grandfather’s achievements, the only one that was even slightly decent was Grandpa Kim, and by decent I mean in comparison to the other two and in the context of North Korea’s complex situation, so take that worth a grain of salt, but under grandpa Kim North Korea actually had a higher standard of living than South Korea did at the time, which was also under a brutal dictatorship itself just one backed by the US instead of Russia.
I'd totally back legal action to help Amazon employees (or just them unionizing). This lawsuit on the other hand just feels like the EU saw Amazon had a lot of money and is going after them for some trivial stuff.
Honey, I'm an amazon reseller and because of amazon, I have a small business. 56% of all goods sold ARE from regular people like me. I worked in their warehouses too. Great conditions, just weak willed people at the lowest level who ass kiss middle management. Amazon flex was the best ride share job I ever held. So where exactly is amazon screwing people over? Without amazon, I would be broke, homeless with no business. Don't be blinded mam.
@@keiharris332 I'm a T1 Diabetic that went blind while working for them. Three days after I left work because I could no longer see my computer screen, they fired me. In the department I was in, we started with 68 employees. At the end of 6 months, 40 were gone. At the end of 1 year, only 9 of us remained. At the end of 18 months, we were only 5. I had to leave on the 19th month and two others were injured within a week of my leaving. At the 2 year anniversary, none of the original people that opened that department remained. I'm glad Amazon worked for you, but don't get sick, injured or have a parent suffer a bilateral stroke and you become their primary caregiver, because this company will throw you out on your ass and suck in the next one. At least 60% of the work force in my area has been sucked in and thrown out by Amazon in the 4 years since they brought their shit to my county. And the little, cookie cutter white populated towns treat the factory workers of color like slime, instead of the humans saving their dinky businesses from the behemoth that moved in down the road. I'm really glad it worked for you; that you have all that you ever wanted and dreamed of. But make sure your debts are paid a few months in advance, and don't count on unemployment helping you out, because Amazon fights EVERY CLAIM - usually by calling your firing "job abandonment". I am happy you got it to work for you . It doesn't for most of everyone else.
Amazon: We care about small businesses... Anyone else think that's funny? Ha, Aren't they one of the biggest reasons that small businesses close? That and Walmart?
Oh they care *about* them alright. Doesn't mean they care *for* them. They care about getting all this information from small businesses on the ground on what to sell to people and for what price. Then to also have those same small businesses pay amazon to sell the things Amazon hasn't got around to selling yet, thereby keeping their market share massive.
Their response was something literally out of the Trump speech handbook. If you removed "Amazon" from the statement, I would have assumed Trump said that.
@@nfzeta128 Intelligence is OP, I hope god is going to nerf this meta because using data is just a straight up win everytime. Bad game 1/10, pay 2 win. I bet EA made life and Amazon is that kid that spends £100 on loot boxes
Yeah the US Democratic party is more centrist to most of the world, maybe even conservative. Really depends on which type of Democrat we're talking about. "Progressive" democrats like AOC would be considered centrist whereas people like Biden and Pelosi would be more center-right. If an American republican saw the beliefs of an ACTUAL left-wing person in Europe, they'd probably have a heart attack. Then there are people like me that live in the US but definitely have the more European style of left-wing ideals, watching the Dems and Republicans argue and wondering what in the world is going on lol.
Yes!!! It's so strange, the Democrats are more similar to the right wing parties in my country. Imagine talking to Americans about simple stuff like social security support for children, parent paid leave or paid holidays, their heads would explode
I’m almost 22, still in college and not even close to having a full time job with health benefits or being able to afford health insurance on my own, so all this stuff about getting rid of the aca makes me a lil nervous lol
Caroline and here I am in sweden, guaranteed health care. Sure I pay for it with taxes, but I never have to worry. I feel for you, no one should have to feel uneasy when it comes to health care.
Well you know how these things go. I mean even it's designation as a tax was kind of a twist so they twisting it again to try and remove the whole thing.
That is what you get if you try to apply or rule on law ‚strictly as written‘ instead of trying to find out what the larger intention behind it was. It might sound counterintuitive but longer, more precisely written laws interpreted strictly as written usually have more loopholes than more vaguely formulated laws. That is basically the reason behind why some companies actually want to expand the tax code. If they can make it more complicated and more precise chances are they will find a loophole.
@@killergoose7643 That's kind of right but it would be easier to collect if it's already there. That's not the point of the case in the video though, they're more trying to attack the entire ACA using this as an excuse.
The $0 tax still being a tax is not legally correct. The legal definition of tax is a government assessment or charge. If there is no assessment or charge at all then there is by the legal definition no tax. If there was still the $x fee then it was waved then there would still be a tax, even in just a strictly legal sense. Since the tax was zeroed out it legally, probably, doesn't meet the strict legal definition.
@@maschaorsomething "If a person is familiar with a certain, single subject, or has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything." You don't need to bring up Trump every time a corporate statement is made; He's a business man and he talks like one.
"There will be a smooth transition into a second trump administration." *Americans:* _visible confusion_ *The rest of the world:* BOY that darkness America is in SURE is QUITE advanced.
Media and democrats: Trump is not my president Americans: sure buddy . Media and democrats: Biden is your president (hasnt been elected nor inaugurated) Americans: sure buddy
Amazon doesn't always make their own version of a product. Many times they will straight up steal your supplier from you. The company I work for sold a ton of a certain brand of gloves for many years. Profitable for both them and us, etc. Then, Amazon decided to make an exclusive deal with the supplier to buy a huge supply if they stopped other merchants from selling. Source: Communication from the supplier specifically banning us from selling their product on Amazon. Basically, we (and other merchants) did all the work of marketing and building up the brand and sales volume, then they just stole it out from under us.
If spotify podcast go behind another pay wall I'm definitely not going to be buying it. I think phil nailed it when he said the reason podcast do so well is because they are free and are supported by ads
@@CoryPchajek true but I think the pay wall is depending on how much wont be worth it for the listening because podcast have been free for so long and it will seem like a cheap money grab for spotify and the podcasters. I get people need to make money but podcast did so well because they were essentially ad free. If u are right and ad companies pay out less for ads in pod cast then we might see a lot of mid tier podcast in terms of viewership (not necessarily quality) disappear. There will be more of a focus on patreons. Big podcast like rogan and ones that are spotify excuse will be fine. But there might be less and less podcasts in the coming years. And the podcast that do start will mostly be out of pocket money for a long time and mostly just to get the name of the podcasters out there for notoriety. Sorry if it is a bit chaotic
I already pay for Spotify premium, I don’t see why I should have to then pay more on top of that to use a feature that is meant to be part of my contract
Who cares which puppet becomes the next murican president? For the world nothing changes, the only thing that changes is within america, and who can now bend over which side. Its hilarious.
@@Cheffe919 these ppl think bidens any different is a real kick in the teeth honestly, biden has steadily been against every left policy put on the table for 40 years but suddenly now he is better than trump cause they think the Dems will force him to sign those bills. The guy has been publicly against green new deal, medicaid for all and helping ppl get to college but will raise taxes on ppl and force unpaid wore more than before. Instead or July to January unpaid it will be June to January. And ppl think anything will actually change. Yeah for the politically connected and friends.
A lot of the good ones release on youtube as well (such as TMG, something I sometimes listen to), so if you are on wifi thats an option that will probably stay free.
It’s always interesting to see people defend the “free and open” market as the giants in each industry actively squash smaller businesses into oblivion
but libertarian Jo Jorgensen thought this would be fixed by getting RID of antitrust laws so it must be true.....right? RIGHT? I want to bash my head against a wall sometimes
If they’re operating this way now....they’ll definitely come to their senses and prioritize their workers and other small businesses in an unregulated, untaxed market!!🤤🤪🥴
@@jamesgreene6817 Where does it say propped up by government? Or are you talking about Amazon paying people so little that a full time employee needs state benefits to get by? Anywhichway, this is still inevitable. As wealth pools, it draws with it power, when it becomes more profitable to manipulate governments than it does provide better goods and services, business will go for the former.
Wholeheartedly agree with the EU in this Amazon suit. On top of what you mentions companies can also sell their products to Amazon.com for them to sell (instead of them knocking you off as you mentioned). However Amazon then has control over the pricing of YOUR product and can lower it as they’d like. This means that if you’re selling a product and Amazon buys the product as well you could essentially be forced to lower your price or take down the product until Amazon.com sells through their stock. Super shady!
Isn't that exactly how stores and competition work? They buy wholesale and sell retail and set their own prices. That's why every grocery store can sell M&Ms candies at different prices and don't have to match the super-expensive price they charge at the M&M store in Las Vegas, for example. That's why it's always been smart to shop around so you can get the same name-brand item at the cheapest price at the store that's having the sale. Without that, all prices would be set by the manufacturer and could never be set lower by the store and we'd all be paying umpteen times more for all our electronics and appliances. I don't see how being the first to resell an item gives you any right to determine who else gets to resell it at what prices. Unless you've secured some kind of exclusivity right or no-compete clauses (that would be the kind of thing that would get an anti-trust investigation started), but then you'd have a contract to rely on. How is it any different than some other seller selling the same item as you at a lower price and not Amazon doing it? The only difference is that they are letting you set up a little shop in a corner of their store instead of them being the next store over. I guess the alternative is that they could just kick you out entirely if they wanted to sell something you've been or started selling, but I don't see how that would be a better option for your business.
I’m actually super afraid that the SC is going to gut the ACA.. I have pre-existing conditions and I’m still on my parents insurance right now. If, overnight, I lost my health insurance, I’d be screwed. Just paying for health insurance through my work would take more than half of my paycheck every two weeks leaving me with about $100 per week... no one can live off of that!! I’m so tired of not being able to make enough money to survive on my own without my family’s help!
I have said it since I worked there. I will never stop saying it; Amazon is a terrible company. I only ever go to amazon when I can not reasonably purchase a product via any other means; even then, i'll often check to see who their vendors with good prices are and go support them directly through that. Basically, using it as it should be used--a source. Amazon should've collapsed under it's own bloated weight a long time ago, and the only reason it does no do so is that there's a LOT of people breaking their backs for pennies on the dollar in the warehouses, distribution centers, and stores. Fuck that company. Rip that monster to pieces, and burn the pieces. That'll really help small businesses.
@@maverick9708 That was a much tighter race than this one is. It's become obvious that Trump has no path to victory, and his lawsuits are getting tossed left and right for lack of evidence. He needs to concede.
@@bigsiskrishere I'm just pointing out that the comparisons aren't very comparable and that was it XD cool your jets, you sound like a rabid partisan with all the assumptions you just made I don't even care who wins in the end, it's just safe to wait until we actually know what happened + official confirmation instead of making unsupported assertions that are a gamble on how well it ages.
@@maverick9708 We DO know what happened though, and that is a legitimate, fair election. We do not need to give unsubstantiated, fabricated conspiracies the time of day.
Probably the corona that's burning through the white house right now. After their indoor mask off election party last week Trumps chief of staff, Ben Carson, and a handful of other staffers have recently tested positive.
I find it ironic that the same people that say “the media doesn’t decide this election” are now acting like Mike pompeo decided the election. Republicans are a pack of wannabe tyrants. And Trump is the Bandit king
@@EC-dz4bq its actually just scummy people that try to take advantage of a situation. Those people don't represent either side. But hey... whatever fits your agenda, right?
@@DJYoungBeast because it is fuckin true. I've worked the warehouse. I've drove for amazon flex. I resell on FBA. I publish books on KDP. I make shirts on merch. Yes amazon is trying to help the little people so stfu
@ actually on quite the contrary, alibaba doesn't have its own warehouse, so they don't suppress other businesses to promote their own products. Amazon does this with all the products that it realises is selling well. Its not because Alibaba is a Chinese company, but that their business model is very different from Amazon's business model.
Most podcasts I not only wouldn't pay Spotify for, I wouldn't even launch the app to see them. I'm so used to getting my podcasts via RSS that if one stops I'll probably forget about it. Dynamic ad insertion is also really bad for most of the podcasts I listen to, and worries me because normally an ad is just part of the episode and can be skipped like any other segment.
We just got to start pirating everything. Sooner or later they'll see that they are losing money by making things exclusive and or packaged up into a separate subscription service.
I think there should be a crackdown on Amazon. Especially when it comes to their marketplace which has now been inundated with knock-offs and untested products from overseas that may not be "safe". The idea that "anyone" can sell on Amazon is great in theory, but it makes things hard for actual brands and companies who have to compete with knockoffs that are cheaper than their products, and their "real" products aren't being featured to quickly add to a cart.
I’ve personally been ripped off twice on the marketplace by fraudulent 3rd party sellers who amazon had to kick off the site. I got my money back because of their a-z protection policy but it made me leery of 3rd party sellers. 3rd party sellers also argue for days over refunds with you when amazon’s immediate. Monopolies have consequences but we can’t pretend there isn’t a reason we favor certain companies heavily because of price, convenience and customer service,
@@shannonjunk Companies on amazon often have a separate online shop that are actually less expensive. They're only on amazon to widen their scope. Amazon wouldn't be successful if they were ethical, so don't support them.
I recently heard about a start-up that is working towards a platform similar to amazon where they deliver from local businesses near you..... I know it would be more expensive but I’d feel a hell of a lot better supporting my community directly. I hope they figure out how to make this work!
I REALLY don’t want podcasts put behind a paywall. It’s great they’re so accessible. I’m listening to about 30 of them right now. My entire personality is now just listening to podcasts and annoying my family with facts I’ve learned. 🔥
"There will be a smooth transition into a second trump administration." Um wtf? Does he know something we don't? Because I'm pretty the majority of people voted for a Biden presidency.
Seems in 2016 we had Trump Derangement Syndrome from the left, and now in 2020 we have Biden Denial Syndrome from the right. This is how Zealots are spotted, when in the face of the evidence to the contrary, they will deny its even feasible that they can loose. In 2016, the left could not accept their candidate lost and now the right is feeling the same way.
It was like a "just kidding" kind of thing. He wasn't answering his own question, it was a fake "joke" question and the "no" was a transition to his real question
As a native Georgian, I am absolutely terrified of the coming weeks. GA has actually had a fairly balanced political leaning (several condensed populations leaning liberal and rural areas leaning conservative) for the past few decades, despite seeming to be always red, so these runoffs don't really surprise me. However with situation as it is, we are looking at the power, money and attention of national elections being condensed into the state. I was appreciative for the GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's response to the statements of Kelly Loeffler and Senator David Purdue that suggested a corrupt election process. Secretary Raffensperger indicated that the democratic process, that has been so scrutinized in this election cycle, has been upheld (as evidenced by these runoffs), with his intent seeming to be curbing the political extremism that we may see in the coming campaigns. I certainly hope that post-runoff, everyone (Georgians and all Americans), remember that regardless of the outcome, any state could have been the deciding factor in the Senate majority. Any Republican could have flipped a Democrat seat or vise versa. I am worried that we will see hate aimed at Georgia, either way the runoff goes, due to the current national political climate and circumstances. PS Phil and rest of the team, if you want any information from a local resident, I am happy to respond to any inquires regarding the events, feelings of residents, or other pertinent info in this upcoming campaign. PPS I voted by mail during the general election, due to COVID concerns, but ended up getting COVID anyways (COVID-free now). I will be voting in person, as there are concerns from many that we will see the mail-in voting process restricted, as we have seen earlier this year.
I wouldn’t mind it if they gave us the option to turn off ads on podcasts by paying for a subscription, but I would stop listening or watching podcasts if they charged for access even with ads.
My sister works for Spotify and confirmed this rumor isn’t true. I agree though but the ads don’t really bother me much. It’s like Phil doing an ad most the time
Think even at that it’s a slippery slope. By the time you know it, it’ll be like UA-cam where the frequency of ads increases over time in an effort to feed their greed/“growth” or push more people towards their paid subscription service. I’d prefer the podcasts themselves retain sponsorship control and simply include it as most do now as a brief intermission. Being on Spotify should be seen as just an additional “sponsor” in effect by paying the podcasts. The best podcasts drive the traction to their paid service. That way podcasts owners can demand a fair price
@@olutobii I think most of UA-cam’s ads, especially mid roll, are the creators putting them in there. There are plenty of creators that don’t have any ads at all bc they aren’t doing it for the money or as their main source of income. I have premium Spotify, and the only ads I get for podcasts (which I listen to everyday) are the organizations playing the ad in their podcasts themselves. Like the hosts read the ad. These are companies like the NYT and NPR, which in the case of NYT I don’t have to my additional for that like their newspaper. So in that respect I’m fine with an ad or 2 in a 30 minute podcast. Still less then radio.
Mary Motch You’d be surprised actually . I found out the other day that’s it’s an auto feature to have your videos “optimised” with ads and the only way to disable them is to go into each video and manually turn off the ads which I think is unreasonable if they have loads of videos. UA-cam could allow for the blanket removal across all videos but it’s not a feature which kinda shows they don’t necessarily want people disabling ads. Gotta remember they get a cut also so an in monetised video is costing them server space. Oh and on hour point on how podcasts currently monetise, yeah I agree that’s what I meant by leaving it in the control on the podcasters
please keep us updated on the Spotify news, I use the app for so so much. Podcasts are such a large part of entertainment for me. Thank you for covering this and being you💚
It's very bothersome that all the politics focus on the insurance side of medical care when the real issue to the American people is the inflated price of the care by the hospitals and medicine providers. No one ever talks about how it costs next to nothing to actually produce medicine that can save people's lives and because there's such a demand for it, the providers just mark the price up by thousands of a percent up. If that insane markup was outlawed or at least controlled then the need to have insurance would be nullified entirely. No one would have to worry about working off their debt for the rest of their lives. But of course al these providers are in the government's pockets so we will never see that fixed.
Spread information about runoff elections!! Vote blue! They aren't actively trying to take rights away from a lot of us! PLEASE do your part and vote in the runoffs in January.
Do these companies not realize that the only reason podcast are so popular is because they are free and easy to make(compare to other content) they are the replacement to talk show radio which was also free
As long as I have to worry about ads in or around my podcasts, I will never use Spotify. There are plenty of other platforms out there that can get podcasts from the RSS feed that I won't need it.
You can get from downtown LA to the snow in under an hour, traffic permitting. Were one of (I think 2?) Places in the world where you can go surfing, skiing, and go to sand dunes all in one day.
Ain't gonna lie, Vessi is actually a really good shoe brand. They are indeed waterproof, snow proof tbd, the inserts are removable and wash machine safe and super comfortable. Just though Id share my input incase anyone was interested in them, they do drag a bit to ship out but honestly it's worth the wait
It's interesting that all tech companies are being bought off by the big fish in a particular field? Megacorporations becoming bigger and bigger monopolies is not a reason to celebrate, nor is it fascinating.
And yet thanks to it the consumer gets the absolute best deals thus raising the standard of living. Also it is heavily regulated which is why Amazon has lobbies and you don't see new alternative platforms come up. So saying "unregulated" is bullsht and also ignoring the fact that the consumer wins is an extreme form of a false narrative. If someone on your street closes up shop because their business is not viable anymore, do you care if it was done by another small business or a corporation? Well, you shouldn't, because as a consumer you win either way. So sad to see Phil's audience being so anti-capitalist for no fking reason when it is the reason his show exists and you get to enjoy his show. Sad. Very sad.
They want to be known as the podcast app. However most these podcasts are still on several different platforms so it’s not a monopoly. But it’s where they are investing their money, they see it as the future. I think that it’s more similar to google but not bc Spotify is still just audio. Fb is different and I guess this is more similar to Twitter. What separates fb and google is that they are ad companies at the end of the day.
I haven't stopped stealing movies from greedy assholes the likes of Disney, thus I will have no issue stealing podcasts. If anything, the bootleg would be better as I wouldn't have to listen to the fucking ads shoehorned into the middle of the show...
If I have to pay so that there are no ads on my podcasts, then I'm not even going to consider downloading Spotify. Sorry to Joe Rogan, I like his work but I'm poor.
I begrudgingly used Spotify when Joe Budden's Podcast went exclusive on the platform, and when they left I was never happier to delete an app from my phone. The app is shit, the company is shit and I am happy that none of the other 14ish podcasts I listen to are exclusive anywhere.
I work in healthcare as an insurance verification specialist. I thought Obamacare wasn’t bad until I actually worked with patients who had it. Every patient hated it. They paid extremely high premiums and still had high deductibles (meaning patients had high medical bills). Patients also dealt with tough pre-authorization requirements as well as treatment limitations (so many patients had to pay out of pocket anyways). For these reasons most patients didn’t keep Obamacare (Ambetter) for more than a year or two. They would usually choose a lower level plan year one, then a higher one the next year. Only to realize neither are worth it.
I feel stupid but isn't what Spotify doing illegal? I thought there were laws in place to prevent a monopoly growing to their size, also Canadian myself so I'm assuming the laws differ here to the US, very curious about it!
I could be wrong but I believe that law only apply if the HQ of said company is in that same country. Since Spotify's HQ is in Sweden it wouldn't be affected by that law regardless of how many building/server they have in the USA. Learned this a while ago in a conversation explaining why Sony wasn't affected by this law (HQ in Japan) but Disney was (HQ in USA). Didn't double checked it so I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate. If this is true, unless Sweden has a similar law Spotify can grow as much as they want (as long as they are not restricted by different laws).
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@@KnightSnoozer mood
@@roj6895 lol
Honestly, I have never been this early here to comment :)
Except just a minute ago
So you're asking if I'd be cool with Spotify taking something I already pay for, taking it away, and making me pay an additional subscription for? No. No I would not be okay with that.
Did you see this clip of Alex Jones pissing off Joe?! He gets so mad! 😂 ua-cam.com/video/L5qynOa-mKo/v-deo.html 😆
@@bthomas2782 what does this video have to do with what he said? And you know that video is just funny edits/cuts from JRE podcast.
I absolutely agree with you, these pay walls are nonsense
Going Apple on y'all
Wait. Who's stupid enough to still pay for music and podcasts?
I debated not clicking in case we had Kenneth Copeland laughing again.
That was quite monstrous
Super creepy
That was pure nightmare fuel
Legitimately nightmare fuel
I was so uncomfortable yesterday
Amazon is absolutely violating that law and also worldwide.... everyone is cool with it until amazon does it to them.
Yeah, that is why i don't use amazon. I just can't be a costumer (and support) a company with that kind of value (or lack of it).
It's funny how I didn't notice what Amazon is doing until someone literally spell it out to me. It's so obvious in hindsight, and kinda genius. I don't trust Amazon's own products except for the Fire brand, so I guess it didn't work for me.
good to see Alejandro commenting on non car channels
@WolfgangLMclain It's pretty straight forward. In the US, it can't be antitrust until it's bad for the consumer. Amazon is constantly cutting prices down. Walmart has been doing the same thing for years, neither will get stopped by the US
@@Manganization They are screwing everyone with this. It's not exactly a new concept, it's a little similar to how Nandos have screwed their franchisees in some countries but it's not only that, Amazon screwing sellers over will do is lead to cheaper quality/knockoff products and even more customer dissatisfaction. The standard of product has already deteriorated to the point you just never know what the fuck you're buying anymore. I dunno about other people's reasons for sticking with them but I simply can't justify using them anymore, even if they weren't such a scumbag corporation.
Life is too expensive for all these subscription services
Then don’t get them lol
@@PokeTyranno58 okay rich kid
@@PokeTyranno58 I wish it was that simple
Its called torrenting.
Combined they still cost less than any cable package
"No company cares more about small busin-"
No! No, Amazon. Don't even act like you weren't holding back laughter as you spoke/wrote that statement
I got about to the same place before I started chuckling.
I rolled my eyes when I heard this
This statement is giving me Trump vibes... “no one has done more for the black community than me”
They allow small companies to compete at a market level they hadn't previously been able to since they can just sell shit online. I mean, its not as simple as that, but at least anyone can sell in the same marketplace now.
Well 1 good thing is that the woman in charge is also the one that fined Google 9.5 billion and she said that Amazon and FB were next on her hitlist and this initial finding means she is about to shaft Bezos without using any lube and Zuck is next.
“No company cares more about small business than Amazon”
*Kenneth Copeland laugh commences*
Yes 😂
DON'T BE JEALOUS BRO... GOD HAS A WICKED SENSE OF HUMOR
Defranco is a pansy
It's a circus, why should a company have to care about the well being of another company? It makes absolutely no sense. Imagine creating your own product and having the government forcing you to improve the sales of a competitor product?? Absolutely insane.
Gave me Trump vibes
"Spotify is considering making a separate service for podcasts alone."
Man why do they always kill the things we love
Money, or for adults capitalism
Cuz... money money money money money money, money money money. MUHH HUUUH NE HAYYY! [+]
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There will always be checks and balances. If you view it as wrong, there will always be pirates :]
If it's fair, pay for it. Pretty black and white in my opinion.
@@MJax-pf3id the grey area is the price they decide on.
Phil: "Let's start today off on a slightly less intense vibe"
The title: "This is an absolutely insane mess"
Yeah this is big brain time
I am the funniest UA-camr of all time I watched my latest video and laughed for 69 minutes straight I am extremely funny I am dangerously funny and I have two girlfriends who think I am extremely dangerously funny and they watch all of my videos thanks for listening dear bca
@@AxxLAfriku i see you in the wierdesr, darkest depths of youtube
This clip of Joe’s guest saying that the new studio sucks is hilarious! ua-cam.com/video/aL2zpkpWybA/v-deo.html
I like this show, but his click bait is getting egregious. Why is Joe Rogan in the thumbnail? It makes me want to not watch the show anymore.
The day they start charging me for podcasts, is also the day I stop listening to podcasts
I already listen to too many. I welcome the introduction of the cost model or Spotify only model so I go back to enjoying silence.
I was thinking the same thing, I enjoy listening to a podcast once a month but I'm very willing to give that up if they're gonna make me pay a subscription fee
yeah more or less this. i wouldnt stop, but id just listen to other free podcasts. esp. since podcasts are often hours of content, so there is really more than enough room for ads in there, and i dont mind ads. another subscription? please no
Yep me too it’s really not worth it
WHY STOP THERE? STOP LISTENING TO THIS ALLEGED KNOW IT ALL
I swear to god if Spotify makes me pay for the podcasts, I will french revolution their entire monopoly
Amen
😂😂
Yeah right, you won't do jack.
“Monopoly” LOL
Can someone please explain the appeal of podcasts to me? I really don’t get it at all. If you’re just listening to people talk... well, there’s plenty of videos of people doing just that. So podcasts are the same?... Just without the visuals? 🤨 Why not just play a video and listen to it in the background? Why the podcast craze?
Amazon: "no company cares more about small business". Just like "no company cares more about it's employees" ROFLMAO
amazon has really done a fucking ton for small businesses i mean thats not even a disputable statement, its just facts.
@@afrosymphony8207 People do a fucking ton for farm animals... So they get fat and juicy before they slaughter them.
Philip DeFranco is such a lying sellout mess LMAO i unfollow him years ago.
@@hockeyplaya1155 what does that have to do with anything?
No president has done more for the black community
Did Amazon, seriously, just pull a "I'm the least racist person in the room"?
"Richest company in the world claims they don't screw people over for profits".
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH.
Lol right he is has 170billion dollars. U don’t get that much from paying your employees what they are deserving of.
@@LordVader66 While quite wealthy, Bezos doesn't have 170 billion dollars. He has a net worth around that... of which a good 90% is stock in Amazon. It's only of value if someone wants to buy it. On the other side, Amazon spent 20 years losing money providing a service that saves people time and money.
“So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Aconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?
@@johngaltline9933 While I agree with what you’re saying. People always tend to get that saying wrong, the bible never says ‘money is the root of evil’, instead it says ‘the LOVE of money is the root of evil’
@xBluegamerx. Sounds like you know nothing about Amazon. While they do seem to apply some predatory practises (should be countered), they're paying their employees double the minimum wage, at least $15 an hour. The conditions are better at the Amazon than many other workplaces, if we place the burden and strenuous assignments aside. Being rich doesn't imply that you're exploitative just because your company is worth a ton on the stock market. That's so ignorant.
@@LordVader66 Do you even know how much they're paying their employees or are you talking about something that you do not have any experience in? And is it that difficult to use entire words instead of shorteners?
"NO COMPANY CARES MORE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS THAN AMAZON"!? BWAHAHAHHA
I mean they do. They care about having all of them either under their thumb or stealing the business from them. They care *about* them.
Of course they care they need the data so they what know to sell and at what price point to then crush the small business
@@nfzeta128 stealing? How are they stealing their business?
@@thatgirlreacts5465 Uhh, that's what you call any business taking business from another. They host them for a fee and then use the statistics gained to put their own product in that place and preferentially show their own product over the businesses that are their clients.
@@nfzeta128 and at a lower price, because they can take the loss.
ANY company with that much money/power WILL be corrupted at some point.
Because of the mixed economy we live in, once a company becomes successful enough, modern governments will invariably try to force their will onto those companies which will have no choice but to play along in the corruption and politics game.
@@theyneverknow lmao, i know plenty of millionaires, most of them made money by having a good idea. Not every country is a Necrocapitalistic state like the US.
Very few get that big withouth it.
Imo, too many companies have managed to squirm their way into either a oligopoly or a monopoly in the world today. It’s long past due for them to be brought back into a competitive market.
By squirm do you mean provide a service that revolutionized online shopping?
The big issue with the -opilies of the Internet is that there isn’t really a “physical good” or anything of the businesses at hand that can be easily controlled this way by law. Plus an issue that comes up is that a lot of people don’t necessarily want to wade through 5, 10, 20 sites for a set of kitchen knives
Hell yeah
Without those 5-10 cites, the main cite can increase prices squandering competition and affective Lynch controlling the market. There should not be a monopoly or oligopoly in an internet setting nor a real life one thank you very much
@@irocku343 by squirm I mean using shady business practices to obtain a dominant standing in an emerging market and utilizing that dominance to expand and dominate related markets through unfair business practices.
Please note that I am not focused on shopping here. I am including Samsung and Apple, Microsoft and Sony, Amazon, Google, the list goes on.
"There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration" is probably the worst thing I've heard all month, especially considering it came from the Secretary of State
My jaw dropped hearing it
Was pretty savage
Those were some "2nd Civil War" type of fighting words.
Soon I think there will be a civil war in the usa.
Did any of you watch the actual speech or just the clip here? I in all honesty believe that was a misspeak. The very sentence before that he said congratulations to Biden on a record breaking President elect win. And the sentence after the clip he said, no matter who stands in the office on January 21, there will be a smooth transition.
Imagine being against affordable healthcare. Or just right wing in general.
I'm from nz my medication is $20. In the states it would cost me over $1000 a month.
Honestly! Im in the UK and even the right wing people here value the NHS. America is SO right wing it confuses me - now can you genuinely be against accessible healthcare for all??
My oral chemo meds were over $1000 for a single pill. My oncologist had a social worker whose only job was to help patients find ways to pay or apply for aid from local charities. It’s obscene for Americans to have to go through things like this.
I know, i’m so afraid of getting sick. It costs too much here...
Because the ACA caused a couple million to lose healthcare as premiums went up by as much as 300% and they didn’t make little enough for the ACA to cover them
Then u get insurance, like u do for dental, car, house..
Amazon: "I don't have anything against small businesses. Some of my best friends are small businesses!"
Sounds like a Trump thing to say
"No company has done more for small businesses than we have!"
@@Barocalypse Stepping stones are very important lol.
@@Barocalypse I was going more for the typical "racist's defense" analogy, but you're not wrong.
I rather just pay the creator directly through like Patreon to get ad-free content than it being behind a paywall. Podcasts kind of remind me of UA-cam videos, it just makes more sense to keep it widely accessible and just insert audience targeted ads
I imagine this is what they will do or u pay for add free we already get adds in our podcasts any way so no change just the creators will make less
So true. I legit downloaded Patreon to support a singular podcast: Don’t Blame Me. It’s a call in advice show and I love it.
My sister works for Spotify and confirmed this rumor isn’t true
Amazon with a Donald Trump accent: "No company cares more about small businesses or has done more to support them over the past two decades than Amazon."
lmao I can't picture a trump accent but I definitely remembered when he said that about black people.
@@Ayveh was kinda true tho 🤷
"I've helped billions and billions of small companies. In fact, I've done more for small companies than anyone in the world "
It's so fucked up that a guy like Trump can speak like this and people still go "seems legit ☺️❤️".
@@maschaorsomething Anything to own the libs, as they say
Man that advertising stuff sounds so dystopian. Corporate propaganda is getting more sophisticated than government propaganda.
Use browsers that allow you to force prevent ads and trackers. Brave Browser is really good!
@@perseus8166 yup and use DuckDuckGo, no more google
Philip DeFranco is such a lying sellout mess LMAO i unfollow him years ago.
@@3self 100%. Also protonemail is the best free email. Its servers are in Switzerland and has end to end encryption and isn't stored on drives
hockeyplaya1155 I find it odd you unfollowed yet here you are... commenting on the newest video less than 24 hours after release, reading the comment sections, replying to comments. Seems like you may be a bit obsessed, my dude.
“Nobody cares about small business more than us” has similar energy to “nobody has done more for the black community than me”
Companies buying their competitors is bad for consumers.
Spotify is becoming the Disney of podcasts
Before we know it, Disney buys Spotify lol
Its almost as if all companies want to be monopolies.
@@PhilfreezeCH this is the end goal of capitalism.
@@krh6239 that not really accurate. A monopoly gives you the ability to charge more than you product/service is 'worth' in a free market.
Capitalism is when trade is a for profit system with private owners.
It's more accurate to say, many capitalists would want to own a monopoly because it's a non-complicated way to guarantee higher profits. It's not the goal of capitalism.
This whole comment feels pointless after writing it, NVM. But I took the time to type it so I'm hitting enter and you can do with it what you will
@@PokeTyranno58 I feel like before we know it everything will be owned by one company unless something radically changes. Those dystopian futures from books, movies and games don't seem too far off.
Dude I was a Trump supporter in 2016, but this is freaky man. Literally millions of people are worshiping this guy and everything he does and will kill and die for him. He lost very obviously and millions of people genuinely can't see it.
Glad you came to terms with reality. Admirable.
Many people want an investigation to make sure there is no fraud. Let it happen. We dealt with Democrats investigating trump for nearly his entire presidency and that didnt even find anything.
I'm not even American and I remember in 2000 Gore was heralded as winner for a month before Bush got given the verdict.
The whole thing is suss as always over there and a flip wouldn't surprise me. Everyone thinking their team has won before the end is premature, it won't age well and I wouldn't be surprised if people throw tantrums if it does flip and even if it doesn't.
@@AcSlaytah56 I am 100% okay with an investigation and recount. The problem is if the results are the same and Biden is confirmed they still won't accept it. That is gonna cause some serious problems.
@@HumbugShow Gore was never projected to be the winner of the 2000 election because Florida was too close. Gore and Bush were separated by a few hundred votes. That's not the case with this election. The states that Trump wants a recount in are Arizona and Georgia, where Biden leads both states by nearly 13k votes, Wisconsin where he leads by over 20k votes, Nevada where he leads by nearly 40k and Pennsylvania where he leads by nearly 50k votes. Recounts can shift votes by a couple hundred one way or the other, it doesn't shift them by the 10s of thousands.
There's nothing "suss" about what's going on here aside from Trump throwing a temper tantrum because he lost.
The thought that a child wouldn't have health insurance is terrifying.
"a smooth transition to a second Trump administration." This some Kim Jong level childishness.
Which one? They have millions of those..
@@ferderonhurgeron9263 Pick one. I was going to say Un but his dad was almost as bad.
Joe Biden has not won the election yet. It has not been called. After giving a foreign relations press briefing, the questions were all about transition to Biden (who has not won) from left-wing journalists rather than the material at hand. Mike Pompeo gave a cheeky, albeit inapproriate, resonse to point out how loaded the question was. He immediately went into detail about the process and that the process will be respected. Don't get your news from Phillip DeFranco who is an amalgamate machine. Use your brain and seek out primary evidence.
It gave me chills
@@rachellcarpenterr his dad was actually worse and destroyed a lot of Un’s grandfather’s achievements, the only one that was even slightly decent was Grandpa Kim, and by decent I mean in comparison to the other two and in the context of North Korea’s complex situation, so take that worth a grain of salt, but under grandpa Kim North Korea actually had a higher standard of living than South Korea did at the time, which was also under a brutal dictatorship itself just one backed by the US instead of Russia.
No I’m not going to pay for a podcast especially when there’s so many available on UA-cam and Apple podcasts
My sister works for Spotify and confirmed this rumor isn’t true
There’s not a single podcast or talk show I would pay for. There’s more than enough free content out there for me to consume.
And Amazon continued their statement by saying, "We screw over our employees all the time. Why stop at them?"
I'd totally back legal action to help Amazon employees (or just them unionizing). This lawsuit on the other hand just feels like the EU saw Amazon had a lot of money and is going after them for some trivial stuff.
Honey, I'm an amazon reseller and because of amazon, I have a small business. 56% of all goods sold ARE from regular people like me. I worked in their warehouses too. Great conditions, just weak willed people at the lowest level who ass kiss middle management. Amazon flex was the best ride share job I ever held. So where exactly is amazon screwing people over? Without amazon, I would be broke, homeless with no business. Don't be blinded mam.
I work there. Lol and if that isn’t the truth. 🙄
I bought from Amazon once. Then I heard about the multiple bad business practices they do. Didn't buy anything from them since
@@keiharris332 I'm a T1 Diabetic that went blind while working for them. Three days after I left work because I could no longer see my computer screen, they fired me.
In the department I was in, we started with 68 employees. At the end of 6 months, 40 were gone. At the end of 1 year, only 9 of us remained. At the end of 18 months, we were only 5. I had to leave on the 19th month and two others were injured within a week of my leaving. At the 2 year anniversary, none of the original people that opened that department remained.
I'm glad Amazon worked for you, but don't get sick, injured or have a parent suffer a bilateral stroke and you become their primary caregiver, because this company will throw you out on your ass and suck in the next one. At least 60% of the work force in my area has been sucked in and thrown out by Amazon in the 4 years since they brought their shit to my county. And the little, cookie cutter white populated towns treat the factory workers of color like slime, instead of the humans saving their dinky businesses from the behemoth that moved in down the road.
I'm really glad it worked for you; that you have all that you ever wanted and dreamed of. But make sure your debts are paid a few months in advance, and don't count on unemployment helping you out, because Amazon fights EVERY CLAIM - usually by calling your firing "job abandonment". I am happy you got it to work for you . It doesn't for most of everyone else.
Amazon: We care about small businesses... Anyone else think that's funny? Ha, Aren't they one of the biggest reasons that small businesses close? That and Walmart?
I was waiting for THIS comment.
Oh they care *about* them alright. Doesn't mean they care *for* them. They care about getting all this information from small businesses on the ground on what to sell to people and for what price. Then to also have those same small businesses pay amazon to sell the things Amazon hasn't got around to selling yet, thereby keeping their market share massive.
Their response was something literally out of the Trump speech handbook. If you removed "Amazon" from the statement, I would have assumed Trump said that.
@@nfzeta128 Intelligence is OP, I hope god is going to nerf this meta because using data is just a straight up win everytime. Bad game 1/10, pay 2 win. I bet EA made life and Amazon is that kid that spends £100 on loot boxes
@@thomas1brad lol. That was something.
US Conservatives: "Stop the Democrats left wing agenda!"
Rest of the world: "Left wing? BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Yeah the US Democratic party is more centrist to most of the world, maybe even conservative. Really depends on which type of Democrat we're talking about. "Progressive" democrats like AOC would be considered centrist whereas people like Biden and Pelosi would be more center-right. If an American republican saw the beliefs of an ACTUAL left-wing person in Europe, they'd probably have a heart attack. Then there are people like me that live in the US but definitely have the more European style of left-wing ideals, watching the Dems and Republicans argue and wondering what in the world is going on lol.
Amazes me when they call someone a socialist just for suggesting improvements to their healthcare system.
Yes!!! It's so strange, the Democrats are more similar to the right wing parties in my country. Imagine talking to Americans about simple stuff like social security support for children, parent paid leave or paid holidays, their heads would explode
SMDH
@@taylorbritt499 explain to me how Democrats are center right while the rest of the world is liberal. This is a stupid lie often repeated.
I’m almost 22, still in college and not even close to having a full time job with health benefits or being able to afford health insurance on my own, so all this stuff about getting rid of the aca makes me a lil nervous lol
Caroline Little your parents insurance have you covered until you turn 26 and your university also provides some coverage. You’re actually good lol
@@FatTh0r that is part of the ACA
@@FatTh0r rewatch video starting at 10:00; no, she'll be in pretty rough shape if ACA is scraped.
Caroline and here I am in sweden, guaranteed health care. Sure I pay for it with taxes, but I never have to worry.
I feel for you, no one should have to feel uneasy when it comes to health care.
I am lucky enough to be on my parents’ healthcare plan, but as I’m 24 and a cancer survivor, I’m really worried over the survival of the ACA.
Charging zero dollars on a "tax" doesn't mean the tax stops existing it just means that they aren't leveraging the "tax".
Well you know how these things go. I mean even it's designation as a tax was kind of a twist so they twisting it again to try and remove the whole thing.
Then there’s no point in having the tax if they’re not collecting
That is what you get if you try to apply or rule on law ‚strictly as written‘ instead of trying to find out what the larger intention behind it was.
It might sound counterintuitive but longer, more precisely written laws interpreted strictly as written usually have more loopholes than more vaguely formulated laws.
That is basically the reason behind why some companies actually want to expand the tax code. If they can make it more complicated and more precise chances are they will find a loophole.
@@killergoose7643 That's kind of right but it would be easier to collect if it's already there. That's not the point of the case in the video though, they're more trying to attack the entire ACA using this as an excuse.
The $0 tax still being a tax is not legally correct. The legal definition of tax is a government assessment or charge. If there is no assessment or charge at all then there is by the legal definition no tax. If there was still the $x fee then it was waved then there would still be a tax, even in just a strictly legal sense. Since the tax was zeroed out it legally, probably, doesn't meet the strict legal definition.
Why does Amazon’s “no one cares about small businesses more than we do” statement sound like it was written by Donald Trump?
because everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer
@@Tonatiub There's so much wrong with that sentence alone
@@maschaorsomething "If a person is familiar with a certain, single subject, or has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything."
You don't need to bring up Trump every time a corporate statement is made; He's a business man and he talks like one.
This is exactly what my boyfriend said! lol
It does? That's the type of crap every dipshit says these days.
"There will be a smooth transition into a second trump administration."
*Americans:* _visible confusion_
*The rest of the world:* BOY that darkness America is in SURE is QUITE advanced.
Media and democrats: Trump is not my president
Americans: sure buddy
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Media and democrats: Biden is your president (hasnt been elected nor inaugurated)
Americans: sure buddy
The trump cult is trying to betray America and create a coup. Republicans must never be trusted after thus
@@pandaify5106 he will be inaugurated in Jan honey
@@Crystal_Dylan ok boomer
@@pandaify5106 are Democrats not American 😂
Amazon doesn't always make their own version of a product. Many times they will straight up steal your supplier from you. The company I work for sold a ton of a certain brand of gloves for many years. Profitable for both them and us, etc. Then, Amazon decided to make an exclusive deal with the supplier to buy a huge supply if they stopped other merchants from selling. Source: Communication from the supplier specifically banning us from selling their product on Amazon.
Basically, we (and other merchants) did all the work of marketing and building up the brand and sales volume, then they just stole it out from under us.
If spotify podcast go behind another pay wall I'm definitely not going to be buying it. I think phil nailed it when he said the reason podcast do so well is because they are free and are supported by ads
My sister works for Spotify and confirmed this rumor isn’t true
@@CoryPchajek true but I think the pay wall is depending on how much wont be worth it for the listening because podcast have been free for so long and it will seem like a cheap money grab for spotify and the podcasters. I get people need to make money but podcast did so well because they were essentially ad free. If u are right and ad companies pay out less for ads in pod cast then we might see a lot of mid tier podcast in terms of viewership (not necessarily quality) disappear. There will be more of a focus on patreons. Big podcast like rogan and ones that are spotify excuse will be fine. But there might be less and less podcasts in the coming years. And the podcast that do start will mostly be out of pocket money for a long time and mostly just to get the name of the podcasters out there for notoriety. Sorry if it is a bit chaotic
I already pay for Spotify premium, I don’t see why I should have to then pay more on top of that to use a feature that is meant to be part of my contract
Spotify premium still has ads on the podcasts though...
@@ZoryuskaNott literally never had an ad on a podcast
@@Rin_Evans it depends on the podcast
"smooth transition to a second Trump administration"
Well, goodluck USA.
Who cares which puppet becomes the next murican president? For the world nothing changes, the only thing that changes is within america, and who can now bend over which side. Its hilarious.
@@Cheffe919 what a douche, jeez.
@@Cheffe919 you're so stupid it's insane
@@Khro phahaha, ye bud sure. Cause america has stopped f-ing around in the world right? Take off your blinders off kiddo ;)
@@Cheffe919 these ppl think bidens any different is a real kick in the teeth honestly, biden has steadily been against every left policy put on the table for 40 years but suddenly now he is better than trump cause they think the Dems will force him to sign those bills. The guy has been publicly against green new deal, medicaid for all and helping ppl get to college but will raise taxes on ppl and force unpaid wore more than before. Instead or July to January unpaid it will be June to January. And ppl think anything will actually change. Yeah for the politically connected and friends.
There is no way I’d pay for podcasts. Ever.
Any good podcast suggestions.
A lot of the good ones release on youtube as well (such as TMG, something I sometimes listen to), so if you are on wifi thats an option that will probably stay free.
@@trumpetperson11 Ight I'll look into it that later.
@@bobjoe164 h3 podcast
@@imcreasing8105 ew
It’s always interesting to see people defend the “free and open” market as the giants in each industry actively squash smaller businesses into oblivion
but libertarian Jo Jorgensen thought this would be fixed by getting RID of antitrust laws so it must be true.....right? RIGHT?
I want to bash my head against a wall sometimes
If they’re operating this way now....they’ll definitely come to their senses and prioritize their workers and other small businesses in an unregulated, untaxed market!!🤤🤪🥴
People still act like this isn't by design too.
A free and open market will always lead to this situation.
That are propped up by the government. Doesn’t sound like free market to me
@@jamesgreene6817 Where does it say propped up by government?
Or are you talking about Amazon paying people so little that a full time employee needs state benefits to get by?
Anywhichway, this is still inevitable.
As wealth pools, it draws with it power, when it becomes more profitable to manipulate governments than it does provide better goods and services, business will go for the former.
Wholeheartedly agree with the EU in this Amazon suit. On top of what you mentions companies can also sell their products to Amazon.com for them to sell (instead of them knocking you off as you mentioned). However Amazon then has control over the pricing of YOUR product and can lower it as they’d like. This means that if you’re selling a product and Amazon buys the product as well you could essentially be forced to lower your price or take down the product until Amazon.com sells through their stock. Super shady!
Isn't that exactly how stores and competition work? They buy wholesale and sell retail and set their own prices. That's why every grocery store can sell M&Ms candies at different prices and don't have to match the super-expensive price they charge at the M&M store in Las Vegas, for example. That's why it's always been smart to shop around so you can get the same name-brand item at the cheapest price at the store that's having the sale. Without that, all prices would be set by the manufacturer and could never be set lower by the store and we'd all be paying umpteen times more for all our electronics and appliances.
I don't see how being the first to resell an item gives you any right to determine who else gets to resell it at what prices. Unless you've secured some kind of exclusivity right or no-compete clauses (that would be the kind of thing that would get an anti-trust investigation started), but then you'd have a contract to rely on. How is it any different than some other seller selling the same item as you at a lower price and not Amazon doing it? The only difference is that they are letting you set up a little shop in a corner of their store instead of them being the next store over. I guess the alternative is that they could just kick you out entirely if they wanted to sell something you've been or started selling, but I don't see how that would be a better option for your business.
I’m actually super afraid that the SC is going to gut the ACA.. I have pre-existing conditions and I’m still on my parents insurance right now. If, overnight, I lost my health insurance, I’d be screwed. Just paying for health insurance through my work would take more than half of my paycheck every two weeks leaving me with about $100 per week... no one can live off of that!! I’m so tired of not being able to make enough money to survive on my own without my family’s help!
“We will have a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” What the actual...
I have said it since I worked there. I will never stop saying it; Amazon is a terrible company. I only ever go to amazon when I can not reasonably purchase a product via any other means; even then, i'll often check to see who their vendors with good prices are and go support them directly through that. Basically, using it as it should be used--a source. Amazon should've collapsed under it's own bloated weight a long time ago, and the only reason it does no do so is that there's a LOT of people breaking their backs for pennies on the dollar in the warehouses, distribution centers, and stores.
Fuck that company. Rip that monster to pieces, and burn the pieces. That'll really help small businesses.
I remember when Republicans went crazy over Hillary not conceding from the first night 😅
Al gore didn't concede until mid December and there was only one state with pending legal suits
@@maverick9708 That was a much tighter race than this one is. It's become obvious that Trump has no path to victory, and his lawsuits are getting tossed left and right for lack of evidence. He needs to concede.
@@bigsiskrishere I'm just pointing out that the comparisons aren't very comparable and that was it XD cool your jets, you sound like a rabid partisan with all the assumptions you just made
I don't even care who wins in the end, it's just safe to wait until we actually know what happened + official confirmation instead of making unsupported assertions that are a gamble on how well it ages.
@@maverick9708 it seems you actually do care about who wins when the closeness of the race doesn’t matter to you 👀
@@maverick9708 We DO know what happened though, and that is a legitimate, fair election. We do not need to give unsubstantiated, fabricated conspiracies the time of day.
Why does Mike Pompeo look and sound like Alex Jones' chain smoking older brother?
Probably the corona that's burning through the white house right now. After their indoor mask off election party last week Trumps chief of staff, Ben Carson, and a handful of other staffers have recently tested positive.
Wait, he's/not/??
I find it ironic that the same people that say “the media doesn’t decide this election” are now acting like Mike pompeo decided the election. Republicans are a pack of wannabe tyrants. And Trump is the Bandit king
@@Crystal_Dylan lol yet it's the left who are burning down cities...
@@EC-dz4bq its actually just scummy people that try to take advantage of a situation. Those people don't represent either side. But hey... whatever fits your agenda, right?
“There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” does no one else find that just really scary?
5:35 Amazon responding be like "I am the least monopolistic company you will ever know, believe me"
"I have the best business practices, ask anyone. People that say we're monopolizing are fake news"
@@DJYoungBeast because it is fuckin true. I've worked the warehouse. I've drove for amazon flex. I resell on FBA. I publish books on KDP. I make shirts on merch. Yes amazon is trying to help the little people so stfu
@@keiharris332
Yo Jeff if this is ur burner account please we know it’s u
This almost sound like trump
@@keiharris332 Hello, Amazon Bot! Are you sentient yet? or do we have some more time before greeting our new overlords?
Amazon sounds like Trump.
"Nobody loves small businesses as much as me"
Trump thought Amazon should be broken up for being a monopoly.
@ I'm sure if Alibaba was as popular as amazon worldwide it would be the same tale, and would meet the same fate as Huawei.
@ actually on quite the contrary, alibaba doesn't have its own warehouse, so they don't suppress other businesses to promote their own products. Amazon does this with all the products that it realises is selling well. Its not because Alibaba is a Chinese company, but that their business model is very different from Amazon's business model.
"Nobody respects women more than me"
And yet Amazon votes democrat and gets payouts by people like the one u just voted president... comparing him to trump is a joke
Most podcasts I not only wouldn't pay Spotify for, I wouldn't even launch the app to see them. I'm so used to getting my podcasts via RSS that if one stops I'll probably forget about it. Dynamic ad insertion is also really bad for most of the podcasts I listen to, and worries me because normally an ad is just part of the episode and can be skipped like any other segment.
Yeah.. another f’n subscription. That’s what we REALLY need. Hell, too many more and it’d be cheaper to get digital cable.
Who’s making you get them?
We just got to start pirating everything. Sooner or later they'll see that they are losing money by making things exclusive and or packaged up into a separate subscription service.
back to torrents again....
I think there should be a crackdown on Amazon. Especially when it comes to their marketplace which has now been inundated with knock-offs and untested products from overseas that may not be "safe". The idea that "anyone" can sell on Amazon is great in theory, but it makes things hard for actual brands and companies who have to compete with knockoffs that are cheaper than their products, and their "real" products aren't being featured to quickly add to a cart.
I’ve personally been ripped off twice on the marketplace by fraudulent 3rd party sellers who amazon had to kick off the site. I got my money back because of their a-z protection policy but it made me leery of 3rd party sellers. 3rd party sellers also argue for days over refunds with you when amazon’s immediate. Monopolies have consequences but we can’t pretend there isn’t a reason we favor certain companies heavily because of price, convenience and customer service,
Not to mention all the art and idea theft that blatantly occurs
Thank you another reason to hate Amazon.
@@shannonjunk Companies on amazon often have a separate online shop that are actually less expensive. They're only on amazon to widen their scope. Amazon wouldn't be successful if they were ethical, so don't support them.
I recently heard about a start-up that is working towards a platform similar to amazon where they deliver from local businesses near you..... I know it would be more expensive but I’d feel a hell of a lot better supporting my community directly. I hope they figure out how to make this work!
I REALLY don’t want podcasts put behind a paywall. It’s great they’re so accessible. I’m listening to about 30 of them right now. My entire personality is now just listening to podcasts and annoying my family with facts I’ve learned. 🔥
"There will be a smooth transition into a second trump administration."
Um wtf? Does he know something we don't? Because I'm pretty the majority of people voted for a Biden presidency.
to be fair the majority of people voted for a hillary presidency, too, and we saw how that turned out.
Seems in 2016 we had Trump Derangement Syndrome from the left, and now in 2020 we have Biden Denial Syndrome from the right.
This is how Zealots are spotted, when in the face of the evidence to the contrary, they will deny its even feasible that they can loose. In 2016, the left could not accept their candidate lost and now the right is feeling the same way.
@Tony N may we see this evidence of voter fraud?
@Tony N proof or it didn't happen chud. Link ur sources
@Tony N i'm talking about sources, sweaty. who are and where are your *sources?*
I'm confused. You said "Is Amazon the devil?" Immediately followed by "No"
Why the "No"?
Cause the devil can be trusted more then Amazon.
I trust Lucifer more than I do Jeff Bezos.
It was like a "just kidding" kind of thing. He wasn't answering his own question, it was a fake "joke" question and the "no" was a transition to his real question
I’ve always viewed podcasts of a sort of free on-demand radio show, I wouldn’t pay just for podcasts
As a native Georgian, I am absolutely terrified of the coming weeks. GA has actually had a fairly balanced political leaning (several condensed populations leaning liberal and rural areas leaning conservative) for the past few decades, despite seeming to be always red, so these runoffs don't really surprise me. However with situation as it is, we are looking at the power, money and attention of national elections being condensed into the state. I was appreciative for the GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's response to the statements of Kelly Loeffler and Senator David Purdue that suggested a corrupt election process. Secretary Raffensperger indicated that the democratic process, that has been so scrutinized in this election cycle, has been upheld (as evidenced by these runoffs), with his intent seeming to be curbing the political extremism that we may see in the coming campaigns.
I certainly hope that post-runoff, everyone (Georgians and all Americans), remember that regardless of the outcome, any state could have been the deciding factor in the Senate majority. Any Republican could have flipped a Democrat seat or vise versa. I am worried that we will see hate aimed at Georgia, either way the runoff goes, due to the current national political climate and circumstances.
PS
Phil and rest of the team, if you want any information from a local resident, I am happy to respond to any inquires regarding the events, feelings of residents, or other pertinent info in this upcoming campaign.
PPS
I voted by mail during the general election, due to COVID concerns, but ended up getting COVID anyways (COVID-free now). I will be voting in person, as there are concerns from many that we will see the mail-in voting process restricted, as we have seen earlier this year.
I wouldn’t mind it if they gave us the option to turn off ads on podcasts by paying for a subscription, but I would stop listening or watching podcasts if they charged for access even with ads.
My sister works for Spotify and confirmed this rumor isn’t true. I agree though but the ads don’t really bother me much. It’s like Phil doing an ad most the time
Think even at that it’s a slippery slope. By the time you know it, it’ll be like UA-cam where the frequency of ads increases over time in an effort to feed their greed/“growth” or push more people towards their paid subscription service. I’d prefer the podcasts themselves retain sponsorship control and simply include it as most do now as a brief intermission. Being on Spotify should be seen as just an additional “sponsor” in effect by paying the podcasts. The best podcasts drive the traction to their paid service. That way podcasts owners can demand a fair price
Like how we pay premium tickets at the movies and still have several commercials running at the start 🤬
@@olutobii I think most of UA-cam’s ads, especially mid roll, are the creators putting them in there. There are plenty of creators that don’t have any ads at all bc they aren’t doing it for the money or as their main source of income. I have premium Spotify, and the only ads I get for podcasts (which I listen to everyday) are the organizations playing the ad in their podcasts themselves. Like the hosts read the ad. These are companies like the NYT and NPR, which in the case of NYT I don’t have to my additional for that like their newspaper. So in that respect I’m fine with an ad or 2 in a 30 minute podcast. Still less then radio.
Mary Motch You’d be surprised actually . I found out the other day that’s it’s an auto feature to have your videos “optimised” with ads and the only way to disable them is to go into each video and manually turn off the ads which I think is unreasonable if they have loads of videos. UA-cam could allow for the blanket removal across all videos but it’s not a feature which kinda shows they don’t necessarily want people disabling ads. Gotta remember they get a cut also so an in monetised video is costing them server space. Oh and on hour point on how podcasts currently monetise, yeah I agree that’s what I meant by leaving it in the control on the podcasters
please keep us updated on the Spotify news, I use the app for so so much. Podcasts are such a large part of entertainment for me. Thank you for covering this and being you💚
“There will be a smooth transition to the second trump administration”... my jaw hit the floor... that’s terrifying
I had the same reaction ... just ... WOW! :O
My heart sank.. then started pounding!
Things would be fine. 4 years goes fast plus they're all crooks so..
@@RedRosesDead07 it's almost like demoncrats tried calling the race early after massive for fraud
@@knightrider693 what’s it like to be a white male and I’m assuming straight?
"No company cares more about small businesses... than Amazon" HAHAHAHAHA
It's very bothersome that all the politics focus on the insurance side of medical care when the real issue to the American people is the inflated price of the care by the hospitals and medicine providers. No one ever talks about how it costs next to nothing to actually produce medicine that can save people's lives and because there's such a demand for it, the providers just mark the price up by thousands of a percent up. If that insane markup was outlawed or at least controlled then the need to have insurance would be nullified entirely. No one would have to worry about working off their debt for the rest of their lives. But of course al these providers are in the government's pockets so we will never see that fixed.
Spread information about runoff elections!! Vote blue! They aren't actively trying to take rights away from a lot of us! PLEASE do your part and vote in the runoffs in January.
That title describes 2020 quite well (and my life).
Honestly. 2021 better pull through.
I assumed he was talking about the election again. What a complete joke of a year.
Amazon: crushes small businesses to maintain their monopoly
Amazon: "nobody loves small businesses as much as us"
Yeah, if not for small businesses, who would they crush?
Amazon kinda sus
Amazon: "after all, they're delicious."
"There will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration"
Well that guy's getting fired
he's trumps secretary of state. "Fired?" trump would promote him if he could.
@@KomoliRihyoh well trumps not President anymore so biden will replace him
@@nerdlingeeksly5192 well your wrong cuz he’s still president til Jan 20th. And the election is still not over u dunce
@@LordVader66 you might find Phil’s past video helpful for your confusion regarding the election
ua-cam.com/video/0uS_TS8cyig/v-deo.html
@@nerdlingeeksly5192 lol, not how any of this works
Do these companies not realize that the only reason podcast are so popular is because they are free and easy to make(compare to other content) they are the replacement to talk show radio which was also free
"There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration" that sounds like a threat
Legend has it if Donald Trump looks in the mirror and says "health care act" 3 times literally nothing will happen
Rumour has it that america doesn't understand what healthcare should be.
Thank god i was born in a real democracy with a great system all round.
@@Cheffe919 Yeah the government here doesn't seem to think the ability to stay alive and be healthy is for everyone. It's pretty weird!
Oh boy you’re going to be disappointed if Biden wins
@User Name
Because obese Americans shouldn't be the reason other people suffer from lack of medical attention
As long as I have to worry about ads in or around my podcasts, I will never use Spotify. There are plenty of other platforms out there that can get podcasts from the RSS feed that I won't need it.
I love my podcasts but I don't see paying for another subscription, I have a load of books on Audible that I still need to listen to.
"these shoes are great in the snow!" - Phil (who lives in L.A.) 🤔
You can get from downtown LA to the snow in under an hour, traffic permitting. Were one of (I think 2?) Places in the world where you can go surfing, skiing, and go to sand dunes all in one day.
Title "this is an insane mess"
Phil "let's start with less intense vibes"
I can't relax if I know some shit is coming later
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SHIT COMING OUT OF THIS ALLEGED MOUTHPIECE...
It a 15 min video calm down and just wait.
its called government corruption & election fraud
@@janjohnson6622 your pfp looks like a karen, and the all caps writing just sells it. Dial it down a notch
Ain't gonna lie, Vessi is actually a really good shoe brand. They are indeed waterproof, snow proof tbd, the inserts are removable and wash machine safe and super comfortable. Just though Id share my input incase anyone was interested in them, they do drag a bit to ship out but honestly it's worth the wait
Thank you for the kind words and the support! We'll take note of the shipping for future reference, we always appreciate the feedback! 💙😊
It's so interesting to hear about the uprising of Podcasts and how they're starting to take over the media scene!
It's interesting that all tech companies are being bought off by the big fish in a particular field? Megacorporations becoming bigger and bigger monopolies is not a reason to celebrate, nor is it fascinating.
"No company cares more about small businesses" I needed that laugh today
Wow, as far the Amazon story, I never would have guessed that unregulated capitalism would negatively affect small businesses. 🙄
Well, the EU does not endorse _unregulated_ capitalism, so they're at least _trying_ to do something about it 😅
And yet thanks to it the consumer gets the absolute best deals thus raising the standard of living. Also it is heavily regulated which is why Amazon has lobbies and you don't see new alternative platforms come up. So saying "unregulated" is bullsht and also ignoring the fact that the consumer wins is an extreme form of a false narrative. If someone on your street closes up shop because their business is not viable anymore, do you care if it was done by another small business or a corporation? Well, you shouldn't, because as a consumer you win either way.
So sad to see Phil's audience being so anti-capitalist for no fking reason when it is the reason his show exists and you get to enjoy his show. Sad. Very sad.
Hi fellow Georgians! Request your ballot like THIS SECOND. Remember that holiday season slows the mail down.
So spotify is gaining a monopoly on podcasts like Facebook and Google and Twitter have monopoly in their respective fields
They want to be known as the podcast app. However most these podcasts are still on several different platforms so it’s not a monopoly. But it’s where they are investing their money, they see it as the future. I think that it’s more similar to google but not bc Spotify is still just audio. Fb is different and I guess this is more similar to Twitter. What separates fb and google is that they are ad companies at the end of the day.
Amazon really said "No one has done more for small businesses than Amazon", I've never laughed harder.
"This is an absolutely insane mess..." Yes...yes it is! ....Which mess were you referring to? There are so many XD
Its 2020. There are SO MANY mess to the point we dont know anymore. Sigh
It’s such a relief to have this channel providing so much information. Thank you to you and your amazing team.
“No company cares more about small business or has done more to support them over the past two decades than Amazon.”
Me: *_COMEDY_*
Spotify, probably: I think we are finally ready to kill the reach of the podcasts that recently decided to host exclusively with us.
They probably decided to gather some of the most popular podcasts exactly for this reason. To lock them away and force people to pay.
I haven't stopped stealing movies from greedy assholes the likes of Disney, thus I will have no issue stealing podcasts.
If anything, the bootleg would be better as I wouldn't have to listen to the fucking ads shoehorned into the middle of the show...
If I have to pay so that there are no ads on my podcasts, then I'm not even going to consider downloading Spotify. Sorry to Joe Rogan, I like his work but I'm poor.
I begrudgingly used Spotify when Joe Budden's Podcast went exclusive on the platform, and when they left I was never happier to delete an app from my phone. The app is shit, the company is shit and I am happy that none of the other 14ish podcasts I listen to are exclusive anywhere.
So basically amazon’s response was “no u”
Phil: Lets start with a less intense vibe
Title: This is an absolutely insane mess...
I pay for Spotify premium £9.99 a month. Fluffing expensive in comparison to other on demand services. So no i will not pay extra for podcasts
"This is an absolutely insane mess" sums up this year.
“Putting anything behind a pay-wall is never good for the community” - The Community
Thank you for all your efforts for voting these past months, Phil.
Many thanks from Australia. Been a subscriber for ten years now.
That title is the most accurate thing I've heard for 2020
No that's the title for my life
"No company cares more about small businesses than Amazon..." Uh huh?
Honestly, the hyperbole sounds reminiscent of a certain president I know of...
I work in healthcare as an insurance verification specialist. I thought Obamacare wasn’t bad until I actually worked with patients who had it. Every patient hated it. They paid extremely high premiums and still had high deductibles (meaning patients had high medical bills). Patients also dealt with tough pre-authorization requirements as well as treatment limitations (so many patients had to pay out of pocket anyways). For these reasons most patients didn’t keep Obamacare (Ambetter) for more than a year or two. They would usually choose a lower level plan year one, then a higher one the next year. Only to realize neither are worth it.
Not me, watching this at 1.5x speed so I can get it all in before taking my lsat
Good luck
Good luck man. That test sucks but damn does it set you up nice
Good Luck!
I always do that.
OH MT GOD GOOD LUCKKKKKK🙌🙌🙌🙌
You got this!!!!!!!
Keep us updated if you want (or become a law school vlogger✌️😌)
I feel stupid but isn't what Spotify doing illegal? I thought there were laws in place to prevent a monopoly growing to their size, also Canadian myself so I'm assuming the laws differ here to the US, very curious about it!
So is the EU 😈
Spotify isn’t a monopoly. There are several services on the market that mirror Spotify and it’s offerings
I could be wrong but I believe that law only apply if the HQ of said company is in that same country. Since Spotify's HQ is in Sweden it wouldn't be affected by that law regardless of how many building/server they have in the USA.
Learned this a while ago in a conversation explaining why Sony wasn't affected by this law (HQ in Japan) but Disney was (HQ in USA). Didn't double checked it so I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate. If this is true, unless Sweden has a similar law Spotify can grow as much as they want (as long as they are not restricted by different laws).
@@TheCompyshop near monopolies are the same as monopolies
@@ToxicatedLum I understand how a duopoly works. Spotify isn’t one. Like I said, tons of competition in the music/podcast streaming space