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'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones and military software.

The move, announced on 17 June, has sparked widespread outrage from musicians, activists and social media users who accuse Ek of funnelling profits from music streaming into the military industry.

Many have started calling on users to cancel their subscriptions to the service.

“Finally cancelling my Spotify subscription – why am I paying for a fuckass app that works worse than it did 10 years ago, while their CEO spends all my money on technofascist military fantasies?” said one user on X.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is possible to get off Spotify.

What you can't buy legitimately via other means you can use a Youtube-To-MP3 converter to rip and add the file to your music library.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You're saving an already low-quality stream into a lossy format. Just use Soulseek.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Don't have high end audio equipment anyway, I can't tell the difference on 99% of songs.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I somehow cannot wrap my head around soulseek, so I'm just torrenting like I always do 🏴‍☠️