Ngesikhathi sekota yokuqala ka-2020, Inani lababhalisile abakhokhelwe ku-Spotify likhule laba yizigidi eziyi-158, okungaphezulu ngama-21% kunangesikhathi esifanayo sonyaka odlule. Kodwa-ke, ixwayisa ngokungaqiniseki kokunwetshwa kwayo esikhathini esizayo emazweni afana ne-India, enye yezimakethe zokugcina esezifinyelele kuzo nalapho babhekene khona nokwanda kwamacala e-COVID-19, ngakho-ke abakwazi ukubikezela ukuthi kuzoba njani. Ukukhula ezinyangeni ezizayo.
Imali engenayo emaphakathi ngomsebenzisi ngamunye yehle ngama-7% unyaka nonyaka kuma-euro angu-4,12. Le nkampani ithi ukwehla kwehliswe ngamanani entengo ezimakethe ezintsha kanye nezinhlelo ezinesaphulelo ezenzelwe ukuheha ababhalisile abasha, into ezoqedwa ezinyangeni ezizayo. ngesimemezelo sokwanda kwezilinganiso kwamanye amazwe aseYurophu.
Imali engenayo yokubhaliselwe i-Spotify bakhuphuke ngama-14%, baya kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyi-1.930. Ukusetshenziswa komsebenzisi ngamunye kukhule ezifundeni ezithuthukile ngenkathi izifunda ezisathuthuka "zikhombisa izimpawu zokuthuthuka, kepha zahlala zingaphansi kwamazinga we-pre-COVID."
Yize i-Apple Music iyinsizakalo yesibili yokusakaza umculo ethandwa kakhulu ngemuva kweSpotify, noma okungenani kufanele kube uma izibalo zokukhula ezibikezelwe abanye abahlaziyi ziqinisekisiwe ukuthi Bakhomba ababhalisile abangaba yizigidi ezingama-70 namuhla.
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi kusukela ngoJulayi 2019, lapho i-Apple imemezela lokho lase lifinyelele ababhalisile abayizigidi eziyi-60, inkampani ayikaze iphinde iphawule ngalolu daba.
I-Amazon yona yamemezela ekuqaleni kuka-2020, ukuhlanganisa zonke izindlela ezinikezwa ngumculo (okubhaliselwe ngaphandle kwezikhangiso, ukudlala ngezikhangiso ne-Amazon Prime Music) ekusakazeni, ibe nabasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-55 inani okumele ngabe lenyukile ngonyaka odlule yize inkampani kaJeff Bezos ingazange isibuyekeze leso sibalo futhi.
