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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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[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's up with the cool startup names recently? First Palantir the fortune teller ball, now Helsing the vampire hunter? Fuck yeah, who doesn't invest in these? /s

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

thiel has an obsession with lotr, so he named all his evil companies after various lotr themes.

[–] yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jokes on them, I moved to CD and love it

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Got 80GB of music on my phone, tried Spotify once, it was all live versions....

[–] suddenlyme@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I thought we were already boycotting this shit

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

I can't speak for how viable it is for success or whether it's just a grift (as I haven't had the time to really research into it) but feels like as good a time as any to mention that, out in Australia, The Pack Music Cooperative is fundraising for a cooperative music streaming service: https://www.thepackaustralia.com.au/

They haven't raised a lot towards their goal, yet, and could probably use an the help they can get. As a cooperative, they'll side step a lot of the probably problems a corporation like Spotify or Tidal will have and they already are dedicated to prioritizing artists and their rights.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Well tough guy, how else is Raytheon supposed to perfect its AIM-9X Romper Room baby-seeking missile's accuracy?

[–] pogt@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago

Reading this while listening to vinyl...best enjoyable music experience.

To hell with the enshitification of music streaming.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

it will always be and has always been about money

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

We all know that scene in Robo Cop 2 is going to happen eventually.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I’m doing my part!

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