I have a feeling, based on some comments I've seen, Joe might want to get out of his contract with them. That would be an easy card to play to get that done. He might not be at that point right now, but if they still keep trying to control who he has on...would be an epic way to get out of there.
I would bet he looked into that. Hosting video, with the number of hits he gets on YouTube...I don't think he can afford it. Bandwidth is expensive, and YouTube picked up that tab for a long time. Spotify is doing it now. There were signs he was looking to jump ship for a long while before he announced the Spotify deal, and he knows people who know WAY more about these things than he or I do.
There's a difference between personal wealth, and paying for bandwidth his show requires. He'd also have to start a much larger company to handle all of that, with expensive lawyers to fend off lawsuits. And, he might just not want to do any of that. He probably just wants to flip a switch in his backyard studio, and go.
Joe knows a wealthy African American immigrant inventor who might happily help launch an anti censorship platform. The tech isn't a secret and certainly not harder than his other ventures. In fact, this business tycoon may have not just an isp. But a constellation of isps.....
I'm sure if Spotify pulls the plug on his show he still gets paid just to sit on his hands and not compete until the contract expires. It's pretty common in talk radio deals so I'd imagine he had a half-decent lawyer add that in while also specifying stand up comedy as a non-competitive industry.
So the risk to having such a historic podcast that also defends free speech is... getting paid to work on your standup career.
I have a feeling, based on some comments I've seen, Joe might want to get out of his contract with them. That would be an easy card to play to get that done. He might not be at that point right now, but if they still keep trying to control who he has on...would be an epic way to get out of there.
Problem is, YouTube would ban him, too.
Solution: Website of his own. Or partner with Gab. He doesn’t need the $$. He could live off UFC and comedy cash. Podcast is just icing on the cake.
I would bet he looked into that. Hosting video, with the number of hits he gets on YouTube...I don't think he can afford it. Bandwidth is expensive, and YouTube picked up that tab for a long time. Spotify is doing it now. There were signs he was looking to jump ship for a long while before he announced the Spotify deal, and he knows people who know WAY more about these things than he or I do.
There's a difference between personal wealth, and paying for bandwidth his show requires. He'd also have to start a much larger company to handle all of that, with expensive lawyers to fend off lawsuits. And, he might just not want to do any of that. He probably just wants to flip a switch in his backyard studio, and go.
And he could easily do that. He doesn't even have to record them visually. He could hop on Apple Podcasts and start tonight if he wanted.
Apple would never allow that near their platform. Didn't Parlor wake you up to that?
Joe knows a wealthy African American immigrant inventor who might happily help launch an anti censorship platform. The tech isn't a secret and certainly not harder than his other ventures. In fact, this business tycoon may have not just an isp. But a constellation of isps.....
Listen, I wouldn't bet my life that Elon's ISP will be void of corporate censorship.
I'm just happy we've got one motherfucker competing with Verizon and Co.
Huh?
Elon Musk lol
Oh 😂
Elon Musk Starlink
I'm sure if Spotify pulls the plug on his show he still gets paid just to sit on his hands and not compete until the contract expires. It's pretty common in talk radio deals so I'd imagine he had a half-decent lawyer add that in while also specifying stand up comedy as a non-competitive industry.
So the risk to having such a historic podcast that also defends free speech is... getting paid to work on your standup career.