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Nakuba Apple muva nje ilungise imigomo ye-App Store yayo nokubhaliselwe ngaphakathi kwayo, U-Spotify akakasithandi lesi simo futhi ubudlelwano phakathi kwezinkampani buya ngokuya buntengantenga. Isikhathi sokugcina isimo sifika emaphethelweni ngesonto eledlule, lapho kuqubuka impi ebukhali phakathi kukaSpotify ne-Apple.

Konke kwaqala lapho inkampani yaseSweden iSpotify ithumela isikhalazo eWashington ukuthi i-Apple iziphatha ngendlela ephula ukuncintisana kwezomnotho okulungile. I-Apple inqabile ukubuyekezwa kwakamuva kuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Spotify lwe-iOS, inhloso yakho, ngokusho kwabaseSweden, kuwukubukela phansi isikhundla sikaSpotify ngokumelene nensizakalo yayo yokuncintisana i-Apple Music.

Isizathu sokwenqatshwa wushintsho lapho i-Spotify ikuvumela ukuthi ubhalisele inguqulo ye-premium yesevisi ngohlelo lokusebenza ngokusebenzisa isango lokukhokha lenkampani. Ngokuphambene nalokho, inketho yokubhalisa nge-App Store iyasuswa. Ngakho-ke i-Apple ishiywe ngaphandle kokuthengiselana, ngakho-ke ayitholi ingxenye yayo engu-30% yokubhaliselwe.

Nakuba i-Apple izonciphisa isabelo sayo sokubhaliselwe sibe ngamaphesenti angu-15 ngemva konyaka wokuqala njengengxenye yezinguquko ezizayo, uSpotify akajabule futhi uthi lokhu kuziphatha kuphambene nokuncintisana okufanelekile. I-Apple inikeza isevisi yayo yomculo yokubhalisa, futhi ngokwandisa izindleko ngale ndlela, ithuthukisa kakhulu isikhundla sayo kubancintisana nabo. Ngenxa yekhomishini ye-Apple kuhlelo lokusebenza lweselula, iSpotify inyusa intengo yokubhalisela ukwenza umehluko, okukhokhiswa yi-Apple Music.

I-Spotify nezinye izinsiza ezifanayo zingasebenzisa isistimu yazo yokukhokha, kodwa akumele isetshenziswe ngaphakathi kohlelo lokusebenza. Ngakho-ke uma ubhalisela i-Spotify kuwebhu, uzodlula i-Apple futhi uthole okubhaliselwe okushibhile njengomphumela. Kodwa isimo sihlukile ngokuqondile kuhlelo lokusebenza, futhi ngenxa yokukhula okusheshayo kwe-Apple Music, akumangazi ukuthi abaphathi beSpotify bafuna ukushintsha imithetho yomdlalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani ithole ukwesekwa, ngokwesibonelo, uSenator wase-US u-Elizabeth Warren, ngokusho kwakhe i-Apple esebenzisa i-App Store yayo "njengesikhali ngokumelene nezimbangi".

Kodwa-ke, u-Apple uphendule ngokugxekwa, futhi kunalokho ngokhahlo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani iveze ukuthi iSpotify izuza kakhulu ngokuba khona kwayo ku-App Store:

Akungabazeki ukuthi iSpotify ihlomula kakhulu ngokuhlangana kwayo ne-App Store. Selokhu lafika ku-App Store ngo-2009, uhlelo lwakho lokusebenza seluthole ukulandwa kwezigidi ezingu-160, okuzuze i-Spotify amakhulu ezigidi zamadola. Ngakho-ke kuyaphazamisa ukuthi ucela okuhlukile emithethweni esebenza kubo bonke onjiniyela nokwethula esidlangalaleni amahlebezi namaqiniso angaphelele mayelana namasevisi ethu.

Inkampani futhi inikeza:

I-Apple ayephuli imithetho yokungathembeki. Siyajabula ukugunyaza izinhlelo zakho zokusebenza ngokushesha inqobo nje uma usinikeza okuthile okuthobelana nemithetho ye-App Store.

Umthombo: 9 ku5Mac, I-Verge
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