Apple Music vs Tidal
On overall TruNorth grade, Tidal scores higher (Apple Music: D, Tidal: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $390K in executive political donations; partisan lean Democratic +56 across 17 executive donors.
Treasury OFAC SDN list: 1 listed entity under IRAN-EO13902 sanctions program.
Environment
No public record found.
environmental violation: $14K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
No public record found.
5 federal penalties totaling $4.7M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
$50M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.23% of revenue).
$1M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.28% of revenue).
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
State regulator action: TX AG (most recent 2026-04-22). Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigation Into Major Music Streaming Platforms, Including Spotify and Apple Music, Over Potential…
Terms-of-service privacy grade C (mixed) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 533:1 (median employee pay $512) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
No public record found.
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