Kusukela kwafika i-Apple Music emakethe, futhi naphezu kwazo zonke izingqinamba, abafana baseSpotify babonile ukuthi inani lababhalisile abakhokhelwayo lenyukile ngendlela efanayo ne-Apple Music, kufaka phakathi ukuyidlula. Izibalo zakamuva ezinikezwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule yinkampani yaseSweden, zibonise lokho I-Spotify yayinababhalisile abakhokhelayo abayizigidi ezingama-40 ngaleso sikhathi, ngenkathi i-Apple Music icishe ifinyelele ezigidini ezingama-20, ngokusho kwezibalo zakamuva ezisemthethweni ezivela emasontweni ambalwa edlule.
Kepha inkampani yaseSweden ayiduduzeki ngokuqhubeka nokubona insiza yayo yomculo ikhula, ngaphandle kwe-Apple Music iphazamisa izinhlelo zayo, ngoba kusobala ukuthi izama ukunikeza insizakalo yokuhlanganisa bonke abasebenzisi bayo, insiza ebavumela ukuthi bathokozele umculo ku-Alta Lossless resolution , njengoTidal. Ngokusobala intengo ibingeke ifane, ngoba ibizoba nezindleko ezingeziwe zamadola ayi-10 ngenyanga, kufana nentengo enikezwa nguTidal ekubhaliseni okunikeza ikhwalithi efanayo yomsindo.
Amafayela ku-High Resolution ngaphandle kokulahleka ngokucindezelwa abe nosayizi omkhulu kakhulu kunalawo atholakala ngefomethi ye-MP3 evame ukunikelwa ngezinsizakalo zomculo, lapho ingoma ingathatha cishe u-3 MB. Noma kunjalo, ama-audios akule fomethi angathatha kufika ku-60 MB njalo ngeminithi. Vele, ukuze ujabulele le khwalithi yomsindo, sidinga ama-headphone amahle, awekho ama-AirPod, ama-Beats, ama-EarPods njalonjalonjengoba singakwazanga ukuhlola umehluko wekhwalithi.
Uma ekugcineni i-Spotify inikela ngale nsizakalo, Kungaba ukuqala kokuphela kukaTidal, okuwukuphela kwepulatifomu okwamanje enikeza ikhwalithi yomsindo we-High Resolution engalahleki, nokuthi abasebenzisi abaningi bayisebenzisela ikhwalithi yayo yomsindo kuphela, akunangqondo ukukhokhela iTidal neSpotify uma ngeplatifomu eyodwa ungaba nawo wonke umculo ngekhwalithi ephezulu.