Indie-rock band Deerhoof announced they will pull their music from Spotify, criticizing its CEO Daniel Ek's investments in AI military technology through his fund, Prima Materia. The band believes Spotify is detrimental to artists and lacks genuine support for music discovery. They termed the platform a 'data-mining scam' that prioritizes profit over artistic integrity. The band noted their reluctance towards the commercialization of art and highlighted the disconnect between different music cultures around the world, asserting their non-capitalist stance.
"Daniel Ek uses $700 million of his Spotify fortune to become chairman of AI battle tech company' was not a headline we enjoyed reading this week. We don't want our music killing people."
"Spotify is flushing itself down the toilet. Eventually artists will want to leave this already widely hated data-mining scam masquerading as a 'music company.'"
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