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'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup (www.middleeasteye.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/fuck_bigtech@europe.pub
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32365961

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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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

Only five or ten years late! Great job twitter users, this might be a personal best

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I switched to Tidal for music and Pocket Casts for podcasts when they donated to trump's inauguration fund and haven't looked back.

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