Should Deezer, whose largest shareholder is Access Industries, be listed as an alternative to Spotify ?
I've seen here and there that French company Deezer is considered a good alternative to Spotify (both European companies) because Spotify gave $100K to Donald Trump when he was elected.
However, according to Deezer themselves the largest shareholder is Access Industries.
And according to OpenSecrets Access Industries has donated large sums to the Republican parties, the largest being in 2016 (Donald Trump's first term) and in 2024.
Moreover, according to Vice in 2018, executives at Access Industries and billionaire Blavatnik (Access Industries founder) have ties with associates of Vladmiri Putin.
Should we then list Deezer as a "safe" alternative to Spotify considering this ?