Ngenyanga edlule kuqale ukusabalala kwamahebezi mayelana nentshisekelo yenkampani yaseSweden iSpotify yokwenza nenkundla yokuzimela yomculo yaseJalimane ezimele kakhulu i-SoundCloud. I-SoundCloud iyipulatifomu ekahle yabo bonke labo baculi abazimele abadinga indlela yokusabalalisa okuqukethwe kwabo kungaba ngezingoma noma ngama-podcast. Ngemuva kwezingxoxo zezinyanga ezimbalwa, futhi ngokusho kukaTechcrunch, inkampani yaseSweden ibonakala ishiye izingxoxo ngakho-ke ekugcineni konke okuqukethwe okuvela ku-SoundCloud ngeke kuhlanganiswe ku-Spotify.
Ngokusobala ifemu yaseSweden uphoqeleke ukuthi akhiphe umthetho ongathengwa kusuka ku-SoundCloud ngoba izothinta kabi umnikelo womphakathi oseduze ozothengiswa. Njengoba singafunda kuTechcrunch:
AbakwaSpotify abakashongo ngokusemthethweni ukuthi izophumela obala ngonyaka ozayo, kepha kube nokuqagela okuningi ngakho, kufaka phakathi nxazonke zezimali. Ngokusho kwemithombo yethu, izingxoxo phakathi kweSpotify ne-SoundCloud zimisiwe ngoba inkampani yaseSweden ayidingi ukuphathwa yikhanda elengeziwe esimweni esingahle sinqume ukuthi siphumele obala ngonyaka ozayo.
I-SoundCloud evumela abasebenzisi ukuthi balayishe, baphromothe, futhi babelane ngokurekhodwa komsindo bekuzovumela i-Spotify ukuthi ingeze okuqukethwe okudalwe ngumsebenzisi kukhathalogi yayo yomculo, kepha i-Spotify bekuzodingeka ukubhekana nezinkinga zokulayisense into ongeke uthande ukuyenza ngokunikezwa komphakathi okuthengiswayo phakathi.
Inani lababhalisile beSpotify njengamanje liyizigidi ezingama-40, kanti i-Apple Music isanda kushaya izigidi ezingama-20. Mayelana nenani labakhokhi be-SoundCloud, okuwukuphela kwento esiyaziyo ukuthi insizakalo yomculo isetshenziswa ngabalaleli abayizigidi eziyi-175 njalo ngenyanga.
