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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Money talks; if they imply any support for unpopular opinion people would drop support, thus making them lose money

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I don't understand your point tbh.

They did choose to exit russian market because

  1. Russian market is minor compared to western market, given the fact that russian market of Music streaming is dominated by Yandex Music.

  2. There were not that many ways of legalizing income from Russian territory because of visa/mc ban and swift ban.

  3. Political climate in Russia was and is quite harsh: bizarre regulations and employees as hostages just to name a few.

  4. Twitter politics (shaming companies that do not exit russian market) was a minor factor I believe. Some western corps are there including the one where I used to work (USA). Also YouTube/google still bans content that authorities find inappropriate (e.g. how to escape draft)