Impi ebandayo phakathi kwenkampani yaseCupertino kanye nomdondoshiya womculo osakazayo waseSweden iyaqhubeka, empeleni, inkampani yesibili esiyiqambe igama ivame ukukhokhisa i-Apple maqondana "nobuciko bayo obubi" uma kuziwa ekubekeni amatshe kuyo. Indlela yabo ibhizinisi. Kulula ukuqondakala, inkampani yaseCupertino inensizakalo yayo yokusakaza umculo, i-Apple Music isplatform futhi yeza ukuguqula imakethe ngamanani ayo nokubhaliswa komndeni, into emahhovisi eSpotify (inkampani engakenzi mali namanje) ) bekunzima ngabo ukufana. Sibhekene nokumangalelwa okungaphelele kweshumi nambili nguSpotify ngokumelene neApple ngendlela engena ngayo emabhizinisini ayo omculo.
Ngokusho Izikhathi Zezezimali, inkampani yaseSweden ngesandla se Deezer y I-Rocket Internet (umtshalizimali waseJalimane), basayine isikhalazo sencwadi sokuthi i-Apple neGoogle basisebenzisa kanjani isikhundla sabo ezimakethe zokugxambukela emabhizinisini abo, bakhe i-duopoly bese ubahlasela ngokungaqondile. Ngokwenza njalo, babasola ngokusebenzisa izitolo zabo zohlelo lokusebenza nezindlela zesoftware ukuvimba indlela abasebenzisi abathola ngayo insiza yabo, futhi uma bekwazi, thatha ucezu lekhekhe endleleni.
Akuwona umsebenzi owenziwa yi-Apple kuphela ngeSpotify, Noma iyiphi inkampani enokuthenga okungaphakathi nohlelo okuvela ku-App Store kufanele ikhokhe iphesenti yokuthengisa enkampanini yaseCupertino, njengomhlinzeki wesevisi, into okulula ukuyiqonda. Kodwa-ke, izinhloko eziphezulu zezinkampani ezibalwe ngenhla zicela ukuthi kwenziwe imithethonqubo maqondana nalezi zingxenyekazi nendlela ezenza ngayo ibhizinisi, okuholela ekutheni i-European Commission ibheke izinkampani zaseNyakatho Melika, ikhombise isikhundla esincomekayo maqondana neSpotify, kanjani kungenjalo, kuyaqondakala nje.
Lokhu ujoyina izinsolo zeSpotify ngonyaka odlule, lapho bethi i-Apple ikhethe ukungasekeli izibuyekezo zohlelo lwayo ku-iOS App Store.
