Sekuyizinyanga ezimbalwa kusukela kuqale impi phakathi kwe-Apple Music neSpotify. Inkampani yaseSweden isola ukuthi inkampani eseCupertino ikwenqaba kaninginingi ukuvuselelwa kwesicelo sayo samadivayisi we-iOS, ngoba i-Apple yathi iSpotify ifuna ukweqa ithuba lokuthola iSpotify kuhlelo lokusebenza, okusho ukuthi I-Apple igcina u-30% wemali inyanga ngayinye. Eqinisweni, inkantolo yezokuncintisana yaseMelika ibisizongena odabeni kodwa ekugcineni i-Apple yanikeza ithuba lokuvuselelwa kwakamuva futhi abasebenzisi beSpotify bakwazi ukujabulela isibuyekezo sakamuva sohlelo lokusebenza nezindaba ezihambisanayo.
Ngokusho kukaBloomberg, impi phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili iyaqhubeka njengoba umculi eseshicilele, ngaphandle kokusho amagama, unqabile ukukhipha i-albhamu yakhe entsha esiteshini i-Apple's Beats 1, esaba ukuthi inkampani yaseSweden izophindisela. Ukuziphindiselela, njengoba kubikwe yiBloomberg, kuqukethe ukwenza ngokushesha i-albhamu noma ingoma entsha inyamalale ezindabeni ezifika eSpotify, yize kwezinye izikhathi icala lingaba libi kakhulu, ngoba aliveli ngqo kulolu hlu, ngokulahleka okulandelayo imali evela ekukhiqizeni kabusha.
Ukube leli qhinga beliyiqiniso, I-Spotify izobe izishutha ngonyawo, ngoba isithombe ebesizoba nazo ngaphambi kwezinkampani eziqopha kuzoba yileso senkampani enamasu e-mafia. Ngokushesha inkampani yaseSweden iphumele obala ukuyiphika le mininingwane ithi ingamanga ngokuphelele. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule i-Universal Music ithe uhlelo olukhethekile olunanoma iyiphi insiza yomculo yokusakaza seluphelile, ngoba imali engenayo ezinkampanini ezirekhodiwe ezilahlekile inkulu kakhulu. Ngabe ezinye izinkampani ezirekhoda zizojoyina isinqumo se-Universal Music? Isikhathi sizosho, kepha okwamanje i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuvala izivumelwano nabaculi abazimele ukukhipha kuphela ama-albhamu abo amasha.