Kwinyanga ephelileyo amarhe aqala ukujikeleza malunga nomdla onokwenzeka wenkampani yaseSweden iSpotify yokwenza neqonga lokuhambisa umculo laseJamani, ikakhulu elizimeleyo, iSoundCloud. I-SoundCloud liqonga elifanelekileyo kubo bonke abo baculi bazimeleyo abafuna indlela yokuhambisa umxholo wabo nokuba kukwimo yeengoma okanye ngeepodcast. Emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa zothethathethwano, kwaye ngokweTechcrunch, inkampani yaseSweden ibonakala ngathi izishiyile iingxoxo ke ekugqibeleni wonke umxholo ovela kwi-SoundCloud awuzukuhlanganiswa kwiSpotify.
Kuyabonakala ukuba inkampani yaseSweden kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba akhuphe ngaphandle kokuthenga isuka kwi-SoundCloud kuba iyakuchaphazela kakubi umnikelo osondeleyo woluntu wentengiso Njengoko sinokufunda kwiTechcrunch:
I-Spotify ayitshongo ngokusemthethweni ukuba izakuya esidlangalaleni kunyaka olandelayo, kodwa kuye kwakho intelekelelo malunga nayo, kubandakanya nomjikelo wenkxaso mali. Ngokwemithombo yethu, uthethathethwano phakathi kweSpotify kunye ne-SoundCloud luye lwaqina ngenxa yokuba ifemu yaseSweden ayifuni intloko eyongeziweyo kwimeko enokuthi bathathe isigqibo sokuya esidlangalaleni kunyaka olandelayo.
I-SoundCloud evumela abasebenzisi ukuba balayishe, bakhuthaze kwaye babelane ngokurekhodwa kweaudio bekuya kuvumela i-Spotify ukongeza umxholo owenziwe ngumsebenzisi kwikhathalogu yayo yomculo, kodwa i-Spotify kuya kufuneka jongana nemiba yokufumana iilayisensi into ongafuniyo ukuyenza kunye nomrhumo woluntu wentengiso ophakathi.
Inani lababhalisi beSpotify okwangoku zizigidi ezingama-40, ngelixa iApple Music ibethe nje kwizigidi ezingama-20. Ngokumalunga nenani labasebenzisi be-SoundCloud abahlawulwayo, ekuphela kwento esiyaziyo kukuba inkonzo yomculo isetyenziswa ngabaphulaphuli abazizigidi ezili-175 inyanga nenyanga.
