After months upon months waiting for an answer from a person we were working with, they proved to be out of the realm of doing what we needed, which was distribution to other platforms.
So we went it alone & sorted it ourselves
Expect to see ERUERS in many online stores & streaming services very soon.
The services we will NOT be appearing on: Spotify, YouTube/Google, Facebook/Instagram/Meta & Amazon
Here's some short bullet-points:
• Spotify - Continues to undermine artists & the CEO "donated" millions to the military
• YouTube/Google - Continue to profit from anti-gay & transphobic adverts they play on their platform & much like Spotify, treat creators like cattle. Google has even threatened entire countries [Australia as an example] with taking away the search engine because journalists asked for royalties as Google were taking news articles from them & not crediting
• Amazon - They carry on throttling businesses by buying them outright, undercutting small businesses & continue to treat staff like cattle to the slaughter. I doubt the recent price increase of Prime will go to workers in a fair way. They also are against unions & are complete dicks to people who want a fair work area
• Meta/Facebook/Instagram - I mean, there is not much to say, it's Meta. A place that has continually had peoples vital information stolen, has awful business practices & is generally terrible. We could have a bigger list, but, it's Meta
If these companies change, then we will reconsider. But we choose to keep this stance against these companies & others should think as well.
If other companies end up being the same, we will take them away as well. But these have been the big players of where we don't want to be.
Sure, it cuts off a portion of people to discover us, but we have to draw a line in the sand somewhere
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