On November 25th, Caixin News Agency reported that the official Weibo account of NetEase Cloud Music posted a message today calling out QQ Music, "Less follow-up style 'updates', more true innovation
NetEase Cloud Music stated in a statement that its music player "DIY function" was copied by QQ Music as a "player customization function", and reviewed in detail QQ Music's recent accusations of "imitation" and copying NetEase Cloud Music's vinyl playback page, "Listen Together", Palace Museum theme player, etc. It called on QQ Music to immediately stop plagiarism based "innovation", reference based "creativity", and follow-up based "updates".
NetEase Cloud Music stated that QQ Music advocates innovation and creativity every time it updates, but the screen is filled with two words: "plagiarism".