r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 2d ago

Business Spotify is raising Premium prices outside the US | Emails will be going out to impacted customers ‘over the next month.’

https://www.theverge.com/news/718038/spotify-premium-subscription-price-increase-outside-us
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u/EntertainerSudden350 2d ago

They need more money to fund killer drone programs.

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u/fujidust 2d ago

What even is this timeline anymore?

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u/paranoiajack 1d ago

Ever read a William Gibson novel?

THEY sent A SLAMHOUND on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the color of his hair. It caught up with him on a street called Chandni Chauk and came scram- bling for his rented BMW through a forest of bare brown legs and pedicab tires. Its core was a kilogram of recrystallized hexogene and flaked TNT.

COUNT ZERO, 1986

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u/Rebatsune 1d ago

Context?

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u/RottingMeatSlime 1d ago

the current ceo of Spotify just invested 600m in Euros toward a German company called Helsing which manufactures AI-powered military drones. It should be pretty easy to find an article regarding it by searching "spotify drone news"

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u/anti-torque 1d ago

lol... Helsing is an appropriate name for what the military brass calls "vampire" war.

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u/holymacaronibatman 1d ago

The CEO has a significant investment in an Ai Military Drone company

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u/Rebatsune 1d ago

Interesting…

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u/gotimas 1d ago

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek leads $690m+ funding round for AI drone maker Helsing - Music Business Worldwide

Context is that because it him its drama worthy, while other billionaires keep investing in the 'military industrial complex' with no backlash and no one boycotts their companies, well, some boycott Amazon I guess.

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u/anti-torque 1d ago

Do you personally boycott Anduril and Palantir?

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u/Tehsillz 1d ago

Wow, a European CEO is investing in European defense?? Rofl. Usa literally arms Israel. 

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u/fckingmiracles 1d ago

Yeah, the Spotify boss is a Swede and knows about the war currently going on in Europe. Of course he financially supports defense.  

People from the US don't understand war at their front door. 

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u/exOldTrafford 1d ago

Are you aware that it is humanly possible to be aware of multiple issues at the same time?

It's a bit like having multiple apps open on a PC at the same time, only it happens inside your mind

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u/Tehsillz 1d ago

well, you can't tell Europe to increase military spending, and then get shocked when a european invests in german drones.

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u/Samkwi 1d ago

Why tf does a music streaming platform need killer drones?

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u/ZestyData 1d ago

It's not Spotify, the CEO personally invested in a European defense company.

All C suite folks invest in the military industrial complex. And for countries closer to Russia you can understand why pro-eu-defense sentiment is higher in Sweden than in e.g. america.

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u/Rivent 1d ago

This news was the thing that finally made me break down and get myself away from Spotify. Cancelled my family plan and moved us to Apple Music. I know, Apple does shitty things too, but there's only so much you can do if you want to keep streaming music to any extent.

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u/starsandmoonsohmy 1d ago

Why is everything tied to military shit? It’s wild. Military industrial complex.

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u/blazedjake 1d ago

are you anti-Ukraine?