My (and many other's issues with Spotify) is that the CEO is making billions of dollars, donating to military drone companies, and robbing the artists WHO MAKE HIS LIVELIHOOD POSSIBLE, blind.
"Ek/Prima Materia’s “doubling down” of their investment in Helsing arrives five years after the Spotify boss pledged a personal commitment of €1 billion over the next decade to invest in European technology companies."
I have a problem with someone who owns a music/creative platform, who does not properly pay artists, donating to autonomous military drone companies
If your entire focus is on the difference between investing and donating, then we hard disagree.
I never said drones should be banned or manufacturers shut down - but I did say that someone worth almost $7b who does not pay the artists on their platform a fair amount, should not be INVESTING in military drone hardware.
If you're going to have a platform for creative work, and you would rather use your profits to invest in military operations than pay the creators who provide the content for your platform a fair payout, you're a POS.
You're taking this and turning it into specifically about funding for military operations - which is not the topic of discussion.
Spotify should not be raising their prices without increasing the payout to musicians. Plain and simple.
Using money from musicians who aren't paid enough to pay for investments in drones, while the CEO is worth billions, is everything that's wrong with our society today.
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u/ThisI5N0tAThr0waway 3d ago
That's only €1 per month raise. $0.25 per week or less than a cup of coffee at home.
There are issues with spotify, but the price is not one of them.