Thom Yorke compares Google and YouTube to the Nazis in latest music industry rant

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy He famously labelled Spotify “the last desperate fart of a dying corpse” and now, Thom Yorke has compared free streaming services to Nazi Germany. In an exclusive interview for Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Yorke claimed that he “definitely doesn’t use YouTube” and instead listens to new music through paid music site Boomkat. But if they don’t get a profit out of it, it’s not fair.” Yorke admitted that he does not know how to solve the problem of musicians seeing little or no benefit from sales and streaming of their music, but added that companies have “seized control” of art like the Nazis did. Simples.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Spotify said at the time that it had already paid $500 million to rightsholders and invests much of the money into “nurturing new talent and producing great new music”.