King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Cut Ties with Spotify Over CEO’s AI Military Drone Tech

It should come as no surprise that Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek is a stereotypical slimy billionaire. Musicians hate him because he’s running a platform that underpays artists and lays people off en masse while making huge profits. But now, he’s also investing his wealth into killer military drones that will obviously serve as the precursor to the bots we end up fighting in the very near future.

So it should come as no surprise that artists have been flirting with the idea of leaving the platform for good. And King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard made good on the threat, announcing on Instagram that their forthcoming collection of demos would be available “everywhere except Spotify”, followed by a terse “fuck Spotify”.

They later posted on their Instagram stories that they’d just removed all 500+ albums of theirs from the service because of the ethical problem Ek’s investments raise.

“A PSA to those unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests millions in AI military drone technology. We just removed our music from the platform. Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better? Join us on another platform.”

Good on them for sticking to their guns and deciding not to be a part of a system that could eventually lead to the death of freedom, let alone the wanton murder of individuals the state doesn’t want around at the end of merciless drones.

Fuck Spotify, indeed.

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