Imodeli yeshishini likaSpotify, elinxulumene nokubonelela ngomculo simahla kubo bonke abo basebenzisi abangahlawulisi ubhaliso, banokuba nengeniso engaphezulu okanye encinci, kodwa into ecacileyo sisiseko sabasebenzisi basimahla benkampani yaseSweden ibanzi kakhulu ngokwe amanani akutsha nje inkampani ethe yawaveza ngokusesikweni. Ngoku ka Spotify, okwangoku iqonga elihamba phambili kwintengiso kwicandelo lomculo wokusasaza linabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezingama-140, apho ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-50 (ngokwezibalo zamva nje zababhalisi ezibhengezwe yinkampani) ngabasebenzisi abahlawulwayo, oko kukuthi, Bahlawula umrhumo walo naluphi na uhlobo ukonwabela ikhathalogu yabo ebanzi.
Ngesi sihlandlo, uSpotify akazange abonakalise ukuba zingaphi izigidi zabasebenzisi inani lababhalisi liye landa, ngoko kuya kufuneka silinde ukuze sibone ukuba yintoni ukukhula kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo, kodwa ngokusekelwe kwinto esiyibonile ngaphambili kunye nokukhula okuye kwavela. amava yinkampani ukusukela ekusungulweni kweApple Music, unako isondela kwi-60 yezigidi ngokugqibeleleyo. Kwinkomfa yokugqibela yoMphuhlisi we-Apple, ngexesha lenkomfa yokusungula uTim Cook wathi iApple ngoku inabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezingama-27, ngokucacileyo bonke bayahlawula kuba iApple isinika ukhetho lwasimahla.
Nangona kunjalo, kwaye ukuzama ukuqhubeka nokukhula kwe-Apple Music, abafana baseCupertino sele beqalile yeka ukunika iinyanga ezintathu mahala kwamanye amazwe, phakathi kwayo iSpeyin, ngoko ukuba sifuna ukuzama inkonzo yabo yomculo kuya kufuneka sihlawule i-euro ye-0,99 kwiinyanga ezi-3. Kwiveki ephelileyo iApple Music yaphulukana nenye yezona zinto zibaluleke kakhulu ukusukela oko yasungulwa, uTaylor Swift, owathi ukusukela oko kwasungulwa iApple Music wanikezela ngekhathalogu yakhe ebanzi kubasebenzisi beqonga le-Apple.