IMicrosoft isanda kumemezela ngekhasi layo lokusekela ukuthi ithathe isinqumo Phonsa ithawula endimeni yokusakaza yomculo bese insiza yakho yeGroove Music izocima, isevisi eqanjwe kabusha ngaleli gama elingabonakali ngo-2015 lapho i-Xbox Music ivaliwe. NgoDisemba 31, insizakalo nakho konke okuphathelene nayo kuzoyeka ukusebenza unomphela.
Ngokusobala, iMicrosoft ibifuna ukusizakala ngabasebenzisi abambalwa namuhla abajabulela le nsizakalo hhayi ukubashiya besele dengwane, ufinyelele esivumelwaneni neSpotify ukuhambisa uhlu lwadlalwayo nomculo abawutholile kuze kube manje.
Kusukela izolo, ngo-Okthoba 2, inkampani ayisavumeli noma ngubani ukuthi abhalisele le nkonzo kanye nabo bonke labo abanemali yonyaka futhi abafuna ukuzikhipha ohlwini kusenesikhathi bazothola ukubuyiselwa kwemali okuhambisanayo noma ikhadi abazolisebenzisa kwimikhiqizo ye-Microsoft. Ngemuva kokuvalwa kweGroove Music, emhlabeni wonke, kunezinketho ezine kuphela: i-Spotify, inkosi yamanje yokusakaza umculo enabasebenzisi abangaphezudlwana kwezigidi ezingama-60 (okumele sifake kubo i-Groove Music), i-Apple Music enezigidi ezingama-30 (njengoba kumenyezelwe abambalwa izinsuku), i-Google Play Umculo noTidal.
Kokubili kusuka kuTidal nakuGoogle inani labasebenzisi abangaba noma abanamapulatifomu womabili alikaze limenyezelwe, ngakho-ke asikwazi ukuthola umbono wokuthi bakusiphi isikhundla emakethe. I-Google, noma isevisi yayo yomculo ingasebenzi ngendlela ebingathanda ngayo, ayikwazi ukuvala le nsizakalo njengoba izophuca ukunikezwa kwezinsizakalo ze-multimedia ezinikezayo. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, i-Microsoft izothumela i-imeyili kubo bonke ababhalisile be-Groove Music ibazisa ukuthi bangaqala nini ukuthuthela uhlu lwabo lokudlalwayo nemitapo yolwazi kusevisi yokusakaza umculo yaseSweden.
