Kweminye imibuthano, igama elithi Alex Zhu liye lafakwa kuzo zonke izimo kamuva nje. Ngo-2014, le ndoda yazalwa inkundla yokuxhumana yomculo Musical.ly. Uma ungomunye wababe nenhlanhla abaphuthelwe yile nto ngokuphelele, yazi ukuthi - umane nje - inkundla lapho abasebenzisi bengalayisha khona amavidiyo amafushane. Ekuqaleni, ungathola lapha ikakhulukazi imizamo yokuvula imilomo yabo ngemisindo yezingoma ezidumile, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ubuhlakani babasebenzisi buyanda futhi kunethiwekhi, esishintshe igama layo laba yi-TikTok, manje sesingathola uhla olubanzi lwamafushane. amavidiyo lapho iningi labasebenzisi abancane abaculayo, abadansa, benza amaskithi futhi ngempumelelo enkulu noma encane bazama ukuhlekisa.
NgokukaZhu, umqondo wokudala i-TikTok wazalwa kakhulu noma ngaphansi ngengozi. Kolunye uhambo lwakhe lwesitimela esuka eSan Francisco eya eMountain View, eCalifornia, u-Alex waqala ukuqaphela abagibeli akanye nabo abasebasha. Abaningi babo bashintsha uhambo lwabo ngokulalela umculo kuma-headphone abo, kodwa nangokuthatha izithombe ozishuthe zona bese bebolekisana ngomakhalekhukhwini babo. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Zhu wacabanga ukuthi kungaba kuhle ukuhlanganisa zonke lezi zakhi zibe isicelo esisodwa "semisebenzi eminingi". Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuthi inkundla yeMusical.ly izalwe.
Kepha inkampani iByteDance, exhasa iTikTok, kusobala ukuthi ayihlosile ukuhlala nefomu lamanje lesicelo. Ngokombiko ovela ku-Financial Times, inkampani okwamanje ixoxa ne-Universal Music, i-Sony kanye ne-Warner Music mayelana nokudalwa okungenzeka kwesevisi yokusakaza-bukhoma ngokusekelwe ekubhaliseni okuvamile kwanyanga zonke. Le nkonzo ingabona ngisho ukukhanya kwelanga kulo Disemba, iqale ukutholakala e-Indonesia, Brazil nase-India, yagcina isidlulele e-United States, okuzoba imakethe ebaluleke kakhulu kule nkampani. Intengo yokubhaliselwe ayikaqiniseki, kepha kucatshangwa ukuthi insizakalo kufanele iphume ishibhile kunezimbangi i-Apple Music neSpotify, futhi kufanele ifake nomtapo weziqeshana zevidiyo.
Kodwa lezi zindaba azibangeli isasasa elingenamkhawulo. E-United States, i-ByteDance ibhekwa yizikhulu zikahulumeni ngobudlelwano bayo neChina. USenator weDemocratic Alliance u-Chuck Shumer, ngokwesibonelo, usanda kuxwayisa encwadini yakhe ukuthi i-TikTok ingaba yingozi enkulu kwezokuphepha kwezwe. Le nkampani igcina idatha yomsebenzisi kumaseva eVirginia, kodwa ikhophi yasenyakatho itholakala eSingapore. Kodwa-ke, uZhu uyakuphika ukuthi uhambisana nomsebenzi wakhe kuhulumeni waseChina, futhi kwenye yezingxoxo uthe ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi uma ecelwa umongameli waseChina ukuba asuse i-video, uzonqaba.
Umthombo: I-BGR