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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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[-] Uff@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Based. We need to fund european military technology in preparation of a Russian attack on sacred Western European soil.

[-] TwiddleTwaddle 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yo wtf you don't need to simp for a company building automatic killing machines. That shits existence is a threat to everyone but the wealthiest and most powerful.

No War But Class War

[-] Uff@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

The wealthiest and the powerful can't hide forever from a guillotine. But first, we take their money.

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