Amaya Toman Me ke zuwa zuciyarka idan ka ji kalmar "social network"? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram? Kuma idan aka ce "musical social network"? Shin Spotify ya fara tunawa? Ɗaya daga cikin cibiyoyin sadarwar kiɗan da aka fi yaɗa a yau yana da wanda ya gabace shi shekaru takwas da suka gabata a cikin nau'in Ping daga Apple. Me yasa wannan hanyar sadarwa ta ƙare a ƙarshe?
Apple ya kaddamar da dandalin sadarwar kiɗa na Ping a cikin Satumba 2010 a matsayin wani ɓangare na iTunes 10. Manufarta ita ce ta sauƙaƙe wa masu amfani don gano sababbin kiɗa da kuma bin masu fasaha da suka fi so. A cikin sa'o'i arba'in da takwas na farko na aikinta, hanyar sadarwar Ping ta rubuta rajistar miliyan guda, amma duk da wannan, kusan an halaka ta tun daga farko.
Ping shine cibiyar sadarwar zamantakewa ta marubuci ta farko daga taron bitar kamfanin apple. Masu amfani ba za su iya bin duk masu fasahar da suka fi so kawai ba, har ma su buga tunaninsu da ra'ayoyinsu. Wadanda suke so za su iya raba cikakkun bayanai game da kundi da suka fi so da kuma wakoki guda ɗaya ta hanyar Ping, masu amfani kuma sun sami damar yin amfani da kwanakin wasan kwaikwayon abubuwan da suka fi so da kuma sanar da abokansu abubuwan da suke shirin halarta.
“Tare da masu amfani da fiye da miliyan 160 a cikin ƙasashe 23, iTunes ita ce al’ummar kiɗa ta ɗaya. Yanzu mun wadata iTunes da hanyar sadarwar zamantakewa ta Ping, "in ji Steve Jobs a lokacin. "Tare da Ping, za ku iya bin masu fasaha da kuka fi so da abokan ku kuma ku shiga tattaunawa ta duniya tare da duk wanda ke da sha'awar kiɗa." Ƙaddamar da Ping ya yi kama da daidai lokacin. Godiya ga tushen mai amfani da iTunes, cibiyar sadarwar tana da fa'ida mai yawa da kuma wasu al'umma na masu goyon baya, wani abu da cibiyoyin sadarwa suka fara daga rashi.
Kuma nasara ta zo da farko - amma ruwan ya juya lokacin da masu amfani da miliyan na farko suka yi rajista don Ping. Shafukan sada zumunta na Apple ba su da haɗin kai na Facebook - kamfanonin biyu kawai ba su iya cimma yarjejeniya da juna ba. Wani matsala mai matsala na Ping shine ƙirar sa - yin amfani da hanyar sadarwar ba daidai ba ne mai sauƙi kuma mai dacewa, kuma duk Ping yana jin kamar dandamali wanda Apple ke son sayar da ƙarin kiɗa fiye da hanyar sadarwar zamantakewa. Bayan gazawar MobileMe, Ping ya zama ƙoƙari na ƙarshe na Apple a hanyar sadarwar zamantakewa.
Koyaya, Ping ya dade har zuwa 2012, lokacin da Tim Cook ya bayyana a taron All Things Digital: “Mun gwada Ping, masu amfani sun kada kuri’a kuma sun ce ba wani abu bane da suke son saka hannun jari mai yawa a ciki. Wasu mutane suna son Ping, amma ba da yawa ba. To zamu kawo karshensa? Ban sani ba. zan duba." Cook ya ci gaba da cewa "Apple baya buƙatar samun hanyar sadarwar kansa" kuma a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 2012, an rufe Ping. A yau, Apple yana jan hankalin masu amfani da shi zuwa sabis na kiɗan Apple, wanda tayin wanda ke haɓaka koyaushe. Ka tuna Ping? Kuna amfani da Apple Music? Yaya gamsuwa da sabis ɗin?
Har yanzu ina da iphone 4 mai aiki, Ina amfani da Spotify… Ba a tallafawa kiɗan Apple anan :-O
iphone yana haɗa ta bluetooth zuwa hifi kuma nima na fara Spotify akan tebur, inda zan zaɓi kiɗa kuma in gyara lissafin waƙa, amma galibi a nan sarrafa yana aiki a yanayin madubi, iphone yana wasa, amma kuna sarrafa shi akan tebur ... kuma duk abin da yake free ... Apple music kuma iya yin wannan ?
A'a, muddin ba ku musanya da sabuwar na'urar kowane shekara biyu, duk kayan aikin Apple ba su da daraja *fart*… yana aiki sosai.