Filip Broz Eddy Cue, babban mataimakin shugaban Software da Sabis na Intanet a Apple, ya kasance ko da yaushe ma'aikaci abin koyi kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa ba kawai a fagen abun ciki na multimedia ba. Ba’amurke ɗan Cuban, wanda ke da ‘ya’ya uku, ya himmantu ga Apple sama da shekaru ashirin da shida. A lokacin, shi ne ke da alhakin, alal misali, ƙirƙirar iCloud, ƙirƙirar nau'in Intanet na Apple Store, kuma ya tsaya tare da Steve Jobs a lokacin ƙirƙirar iPods. The iTunes kantin sayar da lalle ne daga cikin manyan nasarorin.
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, duk da haka, ya mayar da hankali kan makomar Apple TV da Apple Music. Mutanen da suka fito daga masana'antar kiɗa, fina-finai, talabijin da wasanni suna bayyana shi a matsayin mutumin da yake gudanar da aikinsa cikin ƙwazo kuma a lokacinsa yana ƙoƙarin ingantawa da kutsawa cikin sirrin kasuwancin watsa labarai. Kwanan nan, Cue kuma ya bayar Hirar Mujallar Hollywood Reporter, wanda ya tattauna da shi irin rawar da Apple zai taka a bangaren talabijin da fina-finai.
Sabbin ayyuka
“Wani ya ci gaba da gaya mani cewa duk da cewa muna da tashoshi sama da 900 a gidan talabijin, amma har yanzu babu abin kallo. Ban yarda da hakan ba. Tabbas akwai shirye-shirye masu ban sha'awa a wajen, amma yana da wuya a same su," in ji Cue. A cewarsa, manufar Apple ba shine ƙirƙirar sabbin shirye-shiryen TV da fina-finai ba. “A akasin haka, muna ƙoƙarin nemo sabbin ayyuka masu ban sha’awa waɗanda muke farin cikin ba da taimakonsu. Ba ma son yin gasa tare da kafaffen ayyukan yawo kamar Netflix, ”Cue ya ci gaba.
Eddy ya shiga kamfanin Apple ne a shekarar 1989. Bayan aiki, babban abin sha'awa shi ne wasan kwallon kwando, kiɗan rock kuma yana son tara motoci masu tsada da tsada. A cikin hirar, ya yarda cewa ya koyi abubuwa da yawa a fagen multimedia da fim daga Ayyuka. Cue ya sadu da Steve lokacin da yake sarrafa ba kawai Apple ba, har ma da ɗakin studio Pixar. Har ila yau Cue yana daya daga cikin manyan jami'an diflomasiyya da masu sasantawa, yayin da ya sanya hannu kan kwangiloli masu mahimmanci kuma ya warware rikice-rikice da yawa a lokacin Steve Jobs.
"Ba gaskiya ba ne cewa Apple yana son siyan babban ɗakin rikodin rikodi. Hasashe ne kawai. Na yarda da cewa wakilan Time Warner studio ko da yake tarurruka da dama da tattaunawa da yawa sun gudana, amma a halin yanzu ba mu da sha'awar kowane sayayya," Cue ya jaddada.
Edita Natalie Jarvey z Hollywood labarai ta kuma leka cikin binciken Cue a cikin Infinite Loop yayin hirar. Ado na ofishinsa ya nuna cewa shi babban mai son wasan kwallon kwando ne. Cue ya girma a Miami, Florida. Ya halarci Jami'ar Duke, inda ya sami digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki da kimiyyar kwamfuta a 1986. Don haka a halin yanzu an kawata ofishinsa da allunan kungiyar kwallon kwando ta jami’ar, ciki har da tsoffin ‘yan wasa. Tarin guitars da cikakken hoton vinyl na Beatles ma suna da ban sha'awa.
Dangantakar da Hollywood tana inganta
Tattaunawar ta kuma bayyana cewa Apple yana son ci gaba da ingantawa da fadada damar yin amfani da Apple Music da yuwuwar Apple TV. A cikin wannan mahallin, yana kuma shirin shigar da sabbin wurare, waɗanda, duk da haka, an haɗa su zuwa samfuran da aka riga aka kafa ko na'urori. "Tun farkon kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes (yanzu kantin iTunes kawai), muna aiki tare da furodusa da mawaƙa. Tun daga rana ɗaya, muna mutunta abin da ke cikin su ne kuma ya kamata su yanke shawara ko suna son kiɗan su zama kyauta ko kuma a biya su,” Cue ya bayyana a cikin hirar. Ya kuma kara da cewa alakar Apple da Hollywood tana kara inganta a hankali kuma tabbas za a samu damar yin wasu sabbin ayyuka a nan gaba.
Dan jaridar ya kuma tambayi Cue yadda yake da wanda aka sanar ta shirin Talabijin na Muhimman Alamomin daga memba na kungiyar hip-hop NWA Dr. Dre. Cue da ake zaton bashi da labari. Sai dai ya yaba da hadin kai. A cikin wannan wasan kwaikwayo mai cike da duhu na tarihin rayuwa, shahararren mawakin nan na duniya Dr. Dre, wanda ya kamata ya bayyana a cikin juzu'i shida.
Bari mu ƙara da cewa bisa ga Jaridar Wall Street Apple ya nuna sha'awar siyan sabis ɗin yawo kiɗan Tidal. Mallakar ta Jay-Z ta rapper kuma tana alfahari da samarwa masu amfani da kida cikin inganci mara asara, tsarin da ake kira Flac. Tabbas Tidal ba ya cikin layi, kuma tare da masu amfani da miliyan 4,6 na biyan kuɗi, yana ƙalubalantar ayyukan da aka kafa. Har ila yau, suna alfahari da kwangiloli na musamman tare da shahararrun mawaƙa a duniya, waɗanda Rihanna, Beyoncé da Kanye West ke jagoranta. Idan yarjejeniyar ta kasance, Apple zai sami ba kawai sababbin fasali da zaɓuɓɓukan kiɗa ba, har ma da sababbin masu amfani da biyan kuɗi.
Yi hakuri, amma na sami iTunes musamman don zama mai sauƙin amfani. Kawai ƙara wani abu daga kiɗa ko bidiyo shine ainihin zafi.
Ya yi shekara 26 yana yin hakan da wauta. Ya kamata su sanya shi a cikin Guinness Book of Records.