蘋果CEO庫克表示Apple music已有650萬付費用戶

Apple Inc's new music streaming service has netted more than 6.5 million paid users, the tech giant's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said on Monday.

蘋果CEO庫克週一稱，蘋果公司新推出的音樂流媒體服務已有逾650萬付費用戶。

Speaking at a technology conference organized by The Wall Street Journal in Laguna Beach, Calif., Cook said that an additional 8.5 million people are participating in a free trial of the Apple Music service. That gives it more than 15 million users in total, which Cook described as a successful debut.

庫克在《華爾街日報》於加州拉古納海灘組織的一次科技會議上表示，另有850萬人正在免費試用蘋果音樂服務。兩者相加共有逾1,500萬用戶，庫克稱蘋果音樂服務首秀成功。

"I'm really happy about it, and I think the runway here is really good," Cook said.

“我對此非常滿意，我認爲我們現在的情況非常不錯”庫克說道。

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Released in June, Apple Music is the company's attempt to carry its dominance of digital music through its iTunes store into the era of music streaming pioneered by Spotify and others. Apple is allowing users to test its service with a 90-day free trial, which elapsed for the first users earlier this month.

蘋果於6月推出蘋果音樂，欲通過iTunes商店將其在數字音樂的主導地位延伸至由Spotify等企業所開創的音樂流媒體時代。蘋果音樂目前允許用戶免費試用90天，首批用戶的免費試用期限本月早些時候到期。

Analysts have predicted that Apple's service will find a strong following due to the vast installed base of iTunes users, but few think the iPhone maker will eclipse other music streaming companies. Spotify, the industry leader, has more than 20 million paid subscribers worldwide, the company has told Reuters.

分析師們此前預測，鑑於iTunes用戶的龐大基數，蘋果的服務將有大量粉絲，但沒有多少人認爲蘋果能夠超越其他音樂流媒體企業。音樂流媒體行業領先者Spotify向路透表示，其在全球擁有逾2,000萬付費用戶。