Spotify Alternatives That Pay Artists So Your Money Doesn't Support AI Warfare

Spotify Alternatives - Part 1!

If you haven’t heard, in June 2025 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek gave $693 million in funding to Helsing, a German-based military contractor, and serves as Chairman of the Board there. Ek originally invested $450 million in Helsing in 2021, and has since increased his investment through his venture capital fund.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/spotifys-daniel-ek-leads-investment-in-defense-startup-helsing.html

Helsing makes AI drone weapons and uses AI for battlefield intelligence and analysis. While originally they said they would only sell to democratic countries, when WIRED interviewed them and asked if they would sell to countries that have stripped judges of their independence and cracked down on LGBTQIA+ rights, they declined to answer. Not great!
Source: https://www.thefader.com/2025/06/20/spotify-daniel-ek-helsing-investment

This is Cut Off the Spigot where normally I take a look category by category to find where else to shop beyond Target, Amazon, Walmart, other big corporations and private equity firms, but today I'm looking at music platforms!

Featuring:
Qobuz (www.qobuz.com)
Soundiiz (www.soundiiz.com)
Resonate (www.resonate.coop)

Tidal is covered, but not recommended.

Qobuz is owned by Xandrie SA, which is owned by the Thébaud Group, which is then owned by Nabuboto. All of these companies are French and privately owned.

In Part 2 I’ll be covering the other major music streaming platforms.

All sources and links on my Substack (www.cutoffthespigot.substack.com).

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