Insiza yokusakaza umculo yaseSweden isiqalile ukusebenza selokhu kwethulwe i-Apple Music futhi iyaqhubeka nokwengeza abalandeli abasha bomculo osakazwayo futhi njengamanje sesinokuningi okuphindwe kabili kunalokho kwe-Apple Music. NgoJuni odlule, ngohlaka lweWWDC 2017 lapho kwethulwa khona izindaba ze-iOS 11, i-watchOS 4, i-tvOS 11 ne-MacOS High Sierra, uTim Cook umemezele ukuthi insiza yomculo yokusakaza yabafana baseCupertino ifinyelele kwababhalisile abayizigidi ezingama-27. Ingabe manje U-Spotify, osekhuphuke esifubeni sakhe futhi osanda kumemezela kwi-website yakhe yezindaba ukuthi isivele inababhalisile abayizigidi ezingama-60.
Ngokwezibalo zakamuva, iSpotify iheha ukunakwa kwabasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-10 njalo ezinyangeni ezine, njengoba izibalo zakamuva ezisemthethweni ezamenyezelwa yinkampani ngoMashi walo nyaka, zisikhombisile ukuthi ipulatifomu ifinyelele kwababhalisile abayizigidi ezingama-50. Ekupheleni kukaJuni, I-Spotify inabasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-140, abangu-80 babo bathokozela insizakalo yomculo ngezikhangiso, insizakalo engemva kwezivumelwano ezifinyelelwe yinkampani yaseSweden nezinkampani ezinkulu zokuqopha ezizoqala ukubekelwa imingcele, ngoba ngeke bakwazi ukuthola ama-albhamu wakamuva akhishwe cishe inyanga eyodwa.
AbakwaSpotify bafuna ukuphuma ezinombolweni ezibomvu abekade zisebenza kuzo selokhu kwethulwa le nsizakalo, kanye nesivumelwano sakamuva asisayine nabathathu abakhulu abasikhombisa sona. ukwehliswa kwenani lama-royalties okufanele ukhokhe kuwo ngokushintshanisa ukukhawulela ukudlala kwababhalisile abakhokhelayo okwesikhashana. Njengoba uzakwethu uJosé ekwazisile, uSpotify ufuna ukungena ngokugcwele emhlabeni wama-podcast ukuze abe enye indlela kuma-Apple's Podcasts, kanye nezinye izinsiza ze-podcasting ezitholakala manje emakethe, ukuze sandise inani lezinsizakalo ezisinika zona futhi lokho kuzosebenza nakanjani ukuze lolu hlobo lokuqukethwe luqale ukuthola ukuthandwa phakathi kwabasebenzisi.
