Daniel Ek is in a unique position to invest in the community of musicians he pretends to champion. Instead, he just led a €600M funding round into AI military drone company Helsing.

My latest essay explores happens when people who don’t actually care about music are the ones who decide how it gets listened to.

Daniel Ek is in a unique position to invest in the community of musicians he pretends to champion. Instead, he just led a €600M funding round into AI military drone company Helsing.

My latest essay explores happens when people who don’t actually care about music are the ones who decide how it gets listened to.

https://terrraincognita.substack.com/p/the-algorithmic-culture-collapse

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It's kinda disappointing how Daniel Ek talks big about supporting musicians but then drops a huge €600M on military drones instead of backing the arts