Their headquarters are still in EU but if you look a little closer almost everything else is US business, incl. Trump & Thiel. Servers are Google’s.
So “boycott US digital services” still very much applies.
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george@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Spotify is European.
Their headquarters are still in EU but if you look a little closer almost everything else is US business, incl. Trump & Thiel. Servers are Google’s.
So “boycott US digital services” still very much applies.
A lot of European tech companies rely on American infrastructure, since there aren’t many EU alternatives to what AWS and the like offer.
But I see your point
So what, it is an incredibly evil company.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
That’s a real Sophie’s choice there. Or, reverse Sophie’s choice. Spotify isn’t American, but it’s also a horrible horrible company to support.
Piracy is my choice here.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Also thirft stores are full of CDs and hipsters still haven’t gotten to them so they are pretty cheap!
idefix@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Piracy doesn’t have an easy way to discover new songs (somethind Deezer is much better at than Spotify). I’ll probably try Qobuz soon.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Discovery isn’t a huge part of how I consume music, but your point is well taken.
I’ve been using hooks into last.fm to suggest things I might like, and it’s worked pretty well.