charging small amounts from every user instead of having an ad-funded business is probably the most honest and fair way to have a healthy internet

I agree, but wouldn’t you think it’s far more likely that they would charge small amounts from every user AND have an ad-funded business?

I don’t recall ever seeing one, and even so who cares?

I’ve been paying for Spotify for years. I’ve never heard a single promo for a single right wing dipshit podcast.

The mall pictured in the article, Rolling Acres Mall in Akron OH, was the largest of three indoor shopping malls in the greater Akron area. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Akron, but we didn’t need three goddamn indoor shopping malls. We’re down to just one now, which seems appropriate.

You should watch Walk Hard. He sings all the music and it’s amazingly hilarious.

To be fair, porn is a little lower on the “first they came for the -----” list than he was probably expecting. He likely thought he had a few more marginalized groups to take the fall before the leopards started eating HIS face. But yeah, reap what you sow.

I don’t disagree with you, which is why I’m hoping the person I replied to, who told me to “do some searches” actually does some for themselves. So hopefully they can learn that there’s hardly an epidemic of porn viewing related risks to physical/mental health. I’m not saying there are zero, I’m simply saying that it’s not at all occurring at levels worthy of mandating warnings.

That’s not how it works. If you are making the claim, it’s your responsibility to back that claim up with supporting information.

Lol. So, you’ve never gotten into an accident with an uninsured driver then? Because you wouldn’t be saying that if you had.

The behavior of the actors in porn does not “rub off on” (lol) on the viewer any more than violent movies rub off on the viewer.

I’d be more concerned about the guys watching the assholes on YouTube making videos about how to be an “alpha male”.

It’s through your phone. At least on Android, when you connect to a new bluetooth device your phone will specifically ask you what privileges to allow. I limit mine specifically to audio and phone calls.

For the record, when you connect your phone to the Rav4’s bluetooth, you can set it to audio/phone only.

For real. I love Spotify. I’ve had a paid membership for many years, and it’s easily one of the best values for the money. The algorithm knows my musical tastes pretty goddamn well, because my Spotify generated playlists are usually goldmines of stuff I’d never heard before or completely forgot about.

My only problem is how little the artists make off the service… but it’s a catch-22 because I’ve ended up going to concerts and/or buying merch from artists I only knew about BECAUSE of Spotify.