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'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 6 hours ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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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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[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

At least it's German... I guess. Any alternatives that I can download onto my Xbox?

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Idk about Xbox but deezer works in a browser

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Similar interface? Any ads or anything (don't have premium so that's an upgrade)? Easy enough to use? Can I make a 6k song playlist?

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Its pretty much a clone, but faster / more responsive. Good dynamic playlists. Free version has ads. https://www.deezer.com/en/offers/free

You can make and migrate your playlists, but you have to use their cross sign in api. I would prefer CSV or json export import myself.

Oh it also has lyrics in most apps. I actually like it better and wish I had signed up sooner instead of fucking with Pandora for so long

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 11 points 6 hours ago

said one user on X.

The irony.

[–] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 4 points 6 hours ago

@cm0002 enshittify