Ngelixa imarike yomculo esasazayo incipha kwaye abafana eApple bayaqhubeka nokwandisa inani lababhalisi kwinkonzo yabo yomculo. Kwingxelo yokugqibela kaSeptemba, apho iApple yazisa i-iPhone 7 entsha kunye ne-iPhone 7 Plus, inkampani esekwe eCupertino yabhengeza ukuba bafikelele kubhalisi abazizigidi ezili-17. Kwiinyanga ezimbini kamva uEddy Cue, usekela-mongameli wesoftware ye-intanethi kunye nemveliso, wabhengeza ngemagazini iBillboard ukuba bafikelele kubabhalisi abazizigidi ezingama-20, nje sisiqingatha sababhalisi ababhengezwe nguSpotify kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo.
Kodwa u-Eddy Cue unikezele ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nenkonzo yomculo, echaza oko Ngama-60% abasebenzisi abangakhange bathenge umculo ngeTunes, into esengqiqweni ithathela ingqalelo ukuba ngokusebenzisa iApple Music sinokuzikhuphelela kwisixhobo sethu kwaye siqinisekise ngento esele isaziwa yinkampani kwiminyaka eyadlulayo: ukuba ukuthengiswa komculo kwifomathi yedijithali kuyehla.
Ngokumalunga namazwe asetyenziswa kakhulu yi-Apple Music, sifumana i-United States phantse i-50% yabasebenzisi, ilandelwa yiBrazil, Canada ne China. Ngokuka-Eddy Cue, icandelo elikhulu lempumelelo i-Apple Music enayo kwaye ifikelela kuyo kwinani elikhulu labasebenzisi, Inxulumene nezinto ezizodwa eziye zafikelelwa kwiinyanga nje ezidlulileyo kunye nabanye amagcisa. Isivumelwano esingakhange sihlekise kwiinkampani ezininzi ezirekhodayo kwaye siziphelisile ezi zivumelwano.
Okwangoku ukujoyina ipati kwaye okunokuchaphazela zombini iApple Music kunye neSpotify yiAmazon Prime Music, iAmazon inkonzo yomculo esasaza umculo, enikezela ngenkonzo yayo kubo bonke ababhalisile kwiAmazon Premium nge-7,99 euros ngenyanga. Ukuba nabo bangabasebenzisi beAmazon Echo, ixabiso lale nkonzo lincitshisiwe laya kwi-3,99 euro ngenyanga, amaxabiso ahlengahlengisiweyo kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha banokuchaphazela kakhulu ukukhula okuzinzileyo kokubini iApple Music kunye neSpotify ndibenamava kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo.