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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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[-] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

False.

Germany built up it's army in preparation for attacking the rest of Europe. Adults usually know this. Sorry if I have misjudged your age.

Germany and Soviet Russia were allies and cooperated in the attack on Poland. This only fell apart when Hitler betrayed Stalin by invading the Soviet Union.

It is said that in all his life, Stalin only ever trusted one person: Adolf Hitler. When German communists conscripted into the Wehrmacht defected in the night before the attack, to bring warning to the Soviet Union, Stalin had them shot. The last supply train carrying grain for Nazi Germany crossed the border less than 2 hours before the launch.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That’s a dog’s breakfast of anti-communist slander you’ve gobbled up, Mr. Adultman. This is the garbage they taught in West Germany? I guess that’s one of the consequences of Stalin stopping at Berlin.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

West Germany

Oh wow. Looks like you fell into a time warp, comrade. No spoilers but it'll all get better in 1953. But stay away from Moscow in March.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

It is said that in all his life, Stalin only ever trusted one person: Adolf Hitler.

It must be so easy being a right winger: you can just make up any old bullshit off the top of your head and apparently people will believe you.

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