ISpotify iseyinkosi enabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-200 abasebenzayo, i-Apple Music yenza inqubekela phambili engaguquki, ithola ukwethenjwa ngabasebenzisi futhi inikezela ngamathuluzi nemisebenzi enentshisekelo kubabhalisi bayo. Kusukela uSpotify wamangalela u-Apple ngonyaka odlule kwi-European Commission ngokuncintisana okungafanele nangokusebenza "njengompempe nomdlali ngasikhathi sinye", ubudlelwane phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe bebulokhu bushintsha ngezigaba. Noma kunjalo, UDaniel Ek, Isikhulu esiphezulu seSpotify, sikholwa ukuthi ngemuva kwaleyo micimbi I-Apple izovula amapulatifomu ayo kancane kancane ize ibe yindawo evulekile nenobulungiswa.
U-Spotify ucabanga ukuthi i-Apple ithatha izinyathelo kancane, kepha iyathatha
Impikiswano mayelana necala ibilokhu iqalile iminyaka ngemuva kokuthi kungaveli sivumelwano phakathi kwe-Apple neSpotify. Lesi sakamuva sakhala ngokuthi sebenzisa okubhaliselwe ngeplatifomu ye-Apple kuzodingeka akhokhe ikhomishini ka-30% kunoma yikuphi ukuthengiselana okwenziwe kusuka kuhlelo lokusebenza ku-Apple. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi i-App Store ifaka lokhu intela kunoma yibuphi ubulungu noma ukuthengiswa kwedijithali okwenziwayo. Ngokusho kwe-CEO yeSpotify, ukukhokha le ntela kuzo:
Ukwengeza intengo yobulungu bethu be-Premium ngokungaphezulu kwentengo ye-Apple Music. Futhi ngenxa yokugcina amanani ethu encintisana namakhasimende ethu, kuyinto esingeke sikwazi ukuyenza.
Esitatimendeni esisha UDaniel Ek, isikhulu samanje seSpotify, siyakuqinisekisa lokho I-Apple yenza izinqumo ezinhle futhi iya endaweni enhle. Kodwa-ke, ukholelwa ukuthi kunesikhathi eside nezinyathelo eziningi okufanele zithathwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke amapulatifomu e-Big Apple atholakala endaweni evulekile nefanele. Zonke lezi zitatimende zinomnyombo ofanayo ongachazwa yinkantolo eyenziwe yiSpotify ngaphambi kwe-European Commission ngonyaka odlule.
Inhloso enkulu efunwa ngu-Ek ukuthi wonke amapulatifomu nezinsizakalo zinezinga elifanayo ngaphakathi kwemvelo. Akudukisiwe kusuka kumahemuhemu wakamuva i-iOS engavumela khetha ukuthi iziphi izinhlelo zokusebenza ezizoba ezizenzakalelayo ngezenzo ezithile. Futhi lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza zingabandakanya izinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela eceleni, okuthile okuhlale kufunwa yiSpotify.
Vele, bazokwenza ngokunensa okufanayo iSpotify ithuthukisa uhlelo lwayo lwe-Apple Watch kanye nethuba elilindelwe lokulanda umculo kudivayisi noma ukusebenzisa amamodeli ane-4G ukulalela umculo usebenzisa idatha.
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