How is Young trying to silence anyone? He clearly knew the answer to the question of "it's me or Rogan" before he posed it.

He's just making it very clear what his position is on Spotify's tacit support of misinformation and he's taking a financial hit to boot.

Comparing Young to Rogan in this instance is a bit of a stretch. Young might force people to think a bit, Rogan either directly or indirectly, is causing people to distrust the vast majority of experts with some sort of dudebro contrarian outlook - and people will die due to it