New media:" You'll see only what we want you to see."
Posted on 06/01/2020 11:04:26 PM PDT by Stravinsky
Opened up Apple Music on my iPhone to find that they've added Black Lives Matter garbage all over it. The radio section has even removed the listing of all the normal radio stations and been replaced by just one station with black artists.
I immediately decided to cancel. Yes, I know that they'll still have millions of subscribers, but I think in these times one has to respond to that way.
(And here is a tweet from Apple Music from a few hours ago stating that they will be doing this for the day: https://twitter.com/AppleMusic/status/1267633854933852160)
Screw ‘em.
Isn’t Tuesday a day of no music or something?
Yes. That’s what the Left is pushing.
They can still play rap all day long, it ain’t music.
Welcome to The Matrix.
Welcome to The Matrix.
I thought you must be exaggerating. So I just checked Apple Music on my IPad. Same thing! All of the music has been removed. And I mean all of it. Instead there are blocks saying “The show must be paused” and “Black lives matter”.
Unbelievable.
Note: I’m not talking about music that I already bought. They left that alone, for now anyway. I’m talking about songs listed for purchase. Those songs are all gone now.
“Apple Music is joining in a music industry wide ‘Black Out Tuesday’ campaign, to raise awareness for Black Lives Matter in the wake of Minneapolis resident George Floyd being killed whilst under police arrest. Apple CEO Tim Cook previously tweeted his support of the protests happening across the US and around the world.
Apple Music has cancelled its usual Beats 1 radio schedule and is instead directing all iOS and macOS users to a single streaming station that celebrates the best in black music.
As far as Apple Music is concerned, the service’s For You and Radio tabs have been stripped back to focus on a single playlist ‘For Us, By Us’ featuring black artists.” - https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/01/apple-music-joins-wider-music-industry-black-out-tuesday-awareness-campaign-with-app-takeover/
It sill show up fine if you pick a specific category like Rock, Country, etc. but the main page is soem BLM crap.
I checked. Yes, you’re right. And search still works.
On my end, at first it was just the BLM messages all over the place and the removal of the radio stations. Then a few minutes later the “browse” and “for you” sections became effectively removed as well.
One can still search for things, but I think it’s unacceptable for them to do that crap, even if just for a day.
> I think it’s unacceptable for them to do that crap, even if just for a day. <
I agree completely. It’s pandering plus propaganda.
It would be like going into a dentist’s office, and before the dentist starts working on you, he says “In solidarity with the Earth, let me first give you my opinion on Global Warming.”
Shut up and drill, doc.
Shut up and list your music, Apple.
New media:" You'll see only what we want you to see."
Spectrum Cable: Should have been a scheduled recording of “Last Man Standing” - Got 6 minutes plus of black screen showing a BLM screed.
Nothing to see here ... move along. Wear a mask - it really makes it difficult to ID the bad guys.
Wait I cannot remember - is this the week that WHO says wear a mask and Fauci says no mask?
Maybe that was last week - I think its this week with the riots that Fauci says wear a mask.
Anyone?
This is also black music month. No joke
You’ve been FUBU’d.
Gosh, plenty of Android music streamers are up and running as normal. Even Amazon.
Maybe you should have purchased and Android phone.
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