Okwangoku ekuphela kwamanani ekhonkrithi abonelelwe ngu-Apple malunga nabasebenzisi abanekhontrakthi yenkonzo yomculo wokusasaza ibe ngabo babonelelwe ngexesha leenkomfa ezibanjwe lupapasho olubalulekileyo lwetekhnoloji. Kuyo, uTim Cook, wathi ngoku ukusasaza inkonzo yoMculo I-Apple inababhalisi be-6,5 yezigidi.
I-Apple Music yaqala iinyanga ezintathu zokulingwa simahla eTshayina, Imakethi ephambili yeApple namhlanje, ngoSeptemba 30, ngoko de kube sekuqaleni konyaka, emva kokuba ixesha liphelile, asiyi kukwazi ukuba bangaphi abasebenzisi belizwe abaye bagqiba ekubeni bajoyine inani labasebenzisi abanandipha i-Apple Music ngoku.
Ngokutsho komhlalutyi uMark Mulligan, umseki wenkampani iMidia Consulting, ngaphambi kokuphela kwalo nyaka, inani lababhalisi be-Apple Music liya kuba ngabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezisi-8 kwaye ngokwezona ziqikelelo zinethemba, inkonzo yentlawulo yomculo evela kubafana baseCupertino, iya kufikelela kubasebenzisi abazizigidi ezingama-20. Inxalenye elungileyo yaba basebenzisi abatsha iya kuvela kwilizwekazi laseAsia, njengoko nditshilo ngasentla, sele iza kuphelisa iinyanga ezintathu zesilingo sasimahla.
Okwangoku Inkosi engathandabuzekiyo yomculo wokusasaza nguSpotify ilandelwa ngokusondeleyo nguPandora. I-Spotify okwangoku inabasebenzisi abahlawulayo abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20 kunye nenani elifanelekileyo labasebenzisi abayonwabela inkonzo yokusasaza umculo kwinguqulelo yasimahla yokumamela iintengiso rhoqo ngemizuzu engama-30. Ukufika kwe-Apple ibangele isiphithiphithi kwimarike yomculo wokusasaza, kuba ngaphandle kwabasebenzisi abatsha abangazange benze ikhontrakthi ngaphambili kuyo nayiphi na inkonzo yomculo wokusasaza, abanye banokukhetha ukutshintsha amaqonga kwi-Apple's, ngenxa yokudityaniswa okusinika yona ne-iOS ecosystem.