I-Apple Music inonyaka owodwa nje vo, futhi selokhu yethulwa umhlaba wezokusakaza umculo ushintshe kakhulu, izimbangi zayo ezinkulu zithatha izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokuncintisana kakhulu. I-Apple ingaphendula kungekudala ngokunciphisa intengo yokubhaliselwe kwanyanga zonke kwensizakalo yayo, engahle yehle isuka ku- $ 9,99 iye ku- $ 7,99 ngenyanga ngama-akhawunti ngamanye. Lolu lwazi luqinisekisa ukuthi lesi saphulelo ngeke sifike kuze kufike lo Khisimusi olandelayo, njengephromoshini yamaholide.
Njengamanje i-Apple Music inezinhlobo ezintathu ezahlukene zokubhalisile: i-akhawunti ngayinye eyi- $ 9,99 ngenyanga; i-akhawunti yomndeni engu- $ 14,99 ngenyanga; ne-akhawunti yomfundi engu- $ 4,99 ngenyanga. Ngokwolwazi olushicilelwe kwi-MacRumors, le akhawunti yokugcina yabafundi izohlala injalo, ngaphandle kokushintsha intengo yayo, kepha i-akhawunti ngayinye izokwehlela ku- $ 7,99 eshiwo ngenhla bese i-akhawunti yomndeni yehlela ku- $ 12,99 ngenyanga. Lokhu kuhamba kuzobeka i-Apple Music ebangeni elifanayo lentengo kuma-akhawunti ngamanye njengensizakalo yomculo we-Amazon, ebiza u- $ 7,99, yize abasebenzisi abanjengo-Amazon Echo kuzodingeka bakhokhe u- $ 3,99 kuphela, intengo i-Apple Music okwamanje engayithola akufani.
Lolu lwazi luvela emthonjeni ofanayo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule owathi i-Apple eminyakeni emibili izophelisa ukuthengwa komculo nge-iTunes, into eyayiphikiswa kakhulu yile nkampani. Ubuye waqinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple izokwethula uhlobo olusha lwe-iTunes kwi-WWDC yokugcina ngoJuni okuzoba yisinyathelo sokuqala ngasekupheleni kwe-iTunes, into engazange ifezeke. Ngakho-ke lolu lwazi mayelana nokwehliswa kwe-Apple Music kumele siluthathe ngokuqapha okukhulu, noma kunjalo kungaba yisinyathelo esihle esizoshiya umncintiswano waso omkhulu, uSpotify, ezintanjeni futhi kucishe kumphoqe ukuthi ehlise intengo yakhe uma engafuni ukulahlekelwa ngamakhasimende ngenxa ye-Apple Music.