I-Apple iwaphika ngokusobala amahemuhemu akhulayo okuthi azoqeda ukuthengiswa komculo we-iTunes ngoMashi 31, 2019. Isisekelo salelihemuhemu isitatimende esingaqondakali esenziwe yisikhulu se-Apple Music ngaphezu koshintsho endleleni abantu abaningi abalalela ngayo izingoma.
Ngesikhathi se-iPod, i-Apple yenza izigidi zithengisa izingoma ngazinye ngamasenti angama-99. Kodwa-ke, umhlaba uqhubekile nokuthuthuka ngokushesha futhi nezinsizakalo zokusakaza okuyizintukuthelo manje. Lokhu kwenza abantu bazibuze ukuthi i-Apple izoqhubeka nokuthengisa umculo kuze kube nini ku-iTunes.
Konke lokhu kuphezulu emoyeni ngoba kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi i-Apple inensizakalo yayo yokusakaza, i-Apple Music, kuleli sonto engafinyelelanga lutho futhi ayikho ngaphansi ababhalisile abayizigidi ezingamashumi amane, incintisana kakhulu nesitha sayo iSpotify.
Isikhulu se-Apple Music uJimmy Iovine nguyena osungule i- "hot potato" ethi ukudayiswa kwezingoma ngeke kuphile isikhathi eside eceleni kwe-Apple Music. Engxoxweni yakamuva, Wabuzwa ukuthi sizofika nini isikhathi lapho i-Apple izoyeka ukunikeza umculo ngale ndlela:
Uma ngithembekile, yilapho abantu beyeka ukuthenga khona. Ilula kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke, lokhu akusho ukuthi sekuwukuphela kwala mahemuhemu futhi ukuthi i-Apple inomkhuba wokuphika izinto ize izimemezele. Njengesibonelo singakhumbula kukangaki uSteve Jobs esho ukuthi inkampani yakhe ayisebenzi ocingweni.
Ungumbhalisi we-Apple Music noma uthanda ukuba nomculo wakho?
Kusenomculo omningi ongatholakali kwi-Apple Music service kodwa kwi-iTunes Store for Purchase, njengoba imitapo yolwazi ihlanganiswa, into elula ukuthenga lezo zingoma ukuqedela i-albhamu, nokuyinto eyenziwa nguSpotify namanje ungavumeli futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinzuzo enkulu. Ngakwezomnotho, ukugcina i-Apple Music ne-iTunes ngasikhathi sinye akufanele kwenze ukulahleka njengoba kugcinwe kuseva efanayo; empeleni, i-iOS ne-Mac App Store nayo incike kuseva efanayo ye-iTunes.