Joe Rogan has fuck you money also. Dave Chappelle walked away from a big project because of creative differences. Joe Rogan could do the same if he were forced to.

JRE will roll on regardless of what Spotify does. Neil Young will always be Neil Young.

The only people hurting here are the decision makers of Spotify.

He lets himself be edited by Spotify (removal of a bunch of episodes) - maybe he doesn't have as much fuck you money as you think.

I don't know the degree of editing that Spotify does. If they are only removing episodes, that's different from constraining Joe Rogan in his creative direction.

Note: I may have been wrong about the reasons for Dave Chapelle leaving. If I'm recalling correctly, that was the reason he originally cited when leaving. But more info came out in later interviews. Seems like he just needed a break from the spotlight.

You can have both 'fuck you money' and a contract simultaneously.

Okay? The point is that Neil Young will be no worse off after this.

They both have fuck you money. One difference is that Joe Rogan is 54 and makes most of his money from producing new content. Neil Young is 76 and makes most of his money from the music that he has already made. Rogan needs Spotify for his future income. Young, much less so.

Joe Rogan would still be pulling in millions without the Podcast: MMA commentary, stand up comedy tours, and whatever residuals he has. If Spotify let him go, he would just be back on Youtube tomorrow, with arguably a larger audience than he has on spotify, because youtube is free.

> If Spotify let him go, he would just be back on Youtube tomorrow

Sure. But without the remainder of the $100 million that Spotify are paying him. Could he monetise a YouTube channel to that amount over the same time period? Perhaps, but Spotify are currently handling his marketing for him, so I'm sceptical.

I wasn't criticising Rogan, simply pointing out that the situation is different for him and Young - due to their differing ages and the nature of their creative output.

Yeah, I think we can agree that staying on Spotify is likely the most lucrative option for him, but my point is that greed notwithstanding, he's probably got enough money that he would be fine to never earn another cent. Either way, IMO this whole thing is so crazy overblown.