Okwamanje, okuwukuphela kwezibalo zikakhonkolo ezinikezwe yi-Apple kubasebenzisi abanenkontileka yesevisi yomculo wokusakaza, yilezo ezinikezwe ngesikhathi somhlangano obubanjwe yincwadi enkulu yezobuchwepheshe. Kuyo, uTim Cook, ushilo ngokudlulisa ukuthi njengamanje isevisi yoMculo yokusakaza ye- I-Apple inababhalisile abayizigidi ezingama-6,5.
I-Apple Music iqale isikhathi samahhala sezinyanga ezintathu eChina, Imakethe enkulu yakwa-Apple namuhla, ngoSepthemba 30, ngakho-ke kuze kuqale unyaka, uma leso sikhathi sesiphelile, ngeke sazi ukuthi bangaki abasebenzisi ezweni abanqume ukujoyina inani labasebenzisi abajabulela i-Apple Music njengamanje.
Ngokusho komhlaziyi uMark Mulligan, umsunguli obambisene weMidia Consulting, ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, inani lababhalisile be-Apple Music kuzoba abasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-8 Futhi ngokusho kokubikezela okuhle kakhulu, insizakalo yokukhokha umculo yeCupertino Boys, izofinyelela kubasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-20. Iningi lalaba basebenzisi abasha lizoqhamuka ezwenikazi lase-Asia, njengoba, njengoba ngishilo ngenhla, selizophela isikhathi sesivivinyo samahhala sezinyanga ezintathu.
Okwamanje Inkosi engenakuphikwa yokusakaza umculo yiSpotify elandelwa eduze nguPandora. AbakwaSpotify njengamanje banabasebenzisi abakhokha imali abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20 kanye nenani elihle labasebenzisi abajabulela insiza yomculo wabo wokusakaza kunguqulo yamahhala elalele izikhangiso njalo ngemizuzu engama-30. Ukufika kwe-Apple kubangele umsindo emakethe yomculo yokusakaza, ngoba ngaphandle kwabasebenzisi abasha ngaphambili ababengenayo inkontileka yokusakaza umculo, abanye, noma kunjalo, bangakhetha ukushintsha ipulatifomu yabo ibe yi-Apple, ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa okusinikeza ngohlelo lwe-iOS.
