The transfer has been expected for weeks. However it's believed the deal suffered delays due to the negotiations over how Real wolud structured the record payment.

人们期待这次转会已经数周了，然而据悉在如何安排这一创纪录的费用上协商未定，因此协议受到延误。

As Ben Thompson of Stratechery, a tech newsletter, has pointed out, the more music Spotify's customers download, the more its costs rise because of payments to record labels.

正如科技时事通讯Stratechery 的作者本·汤普森（Ben Thompson）指出的那样，Spotify 用户下载的音乐越多，它付出的成本就越高，因为要向唱片公司付费。