Money talks; if they imply any support for unpopular opinion people would drop support, thus making them lose money
I don’t understand your point tbh.
They did choose to exit russian market because
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Russian market is minor compared to western market, given the fact that russian market of Music streaming is dominated by Yandex Music.
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There were not that many ways of legalizing income from Russian territory because of visa/mc ban and swift ban.
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Political climate in Russia was and is quite harsh: bizarre regulations and employees as hostages just to name a few.
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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)
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