Ingcindezi yezomthetho ivuliwe I-Apple ne-iOS ecosystem yayo iyaqhubeka nokukhula emhlabeni jikelele, ngokuvulwa kwezindawo ezintsha e-United States nakwezinye izimakethe. Izinkampani eziningana nabathuthukisi banqume ukuthatha isinyathelo ngokumelene nalokho abakubheka njengokuhlukumeza isikhundla esiphezulu se-Apple, ikakhulukazi maqondana Ukulawulwa kokusatshalaliswa kohlelo lokusebenza namasistimu okukhokha kumadivayisi we-AppleIzigungu ezilawulayo namajaji ziya ngokuya zixwaya "ingadi enezindonga" yomkhiqizo waseCalifornian, futhi impi yezomthetho ithembisa ukuthi izothatha isikhathi eside futhi inqume ikusasa lomkhakha.
Isimo siba nzima ngesinqumo sakamuva sika-a ijaji likahulumeni eNew Jersey, elivumele icala elifakwe uMnyango Wezobulungisa wase-US ngokumelene ne-Apple mayelana nemikhuba ephikisana nokuncintisana ukuthi iqhubeke. Ngaleso sikhathi, inkampani yezobuchwepheshe yaseSwitzerland i-Proton, eyaziwa ngokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezigxile kubumfihlo, ijoyine icala lekilasi ifuna izinguquko ezinkulu emithethweni ye-App Store. Konke lokhu kuza njengoba ukuziphatha kwe-Apple mayelana ne-iCloud, Isitolo Sezinhlelo Zokusebenza, kanye nokusatshalaliswa kohlelo lokusebenza nakho kuzobhekwa kakhulu eBrazil nase-European Union.
I-Proton ihola ekuhlaseleni kwase-US ngokumelene nemodeli ye-App Store
Ngomhla zingama-30 kuJuni 2025, UProton ufake isikhalazo enkantolo yenhlangano eCalifornia kanye nabanye onjiniyela bamazwe ngamazwe ukufuna ukuthi i-Apple ivumele ukuncintisana kwangempela ekusabalaliseni uhlelo lokusebenza nezindlela zokukhokha ngaphakathi kwe-iOS. Isikhalazo sithi uhlelo lwamanje lwe-App Store lujezisa ikakhulukazi izinsizakalo ezithembele ekubhaliseni kanye namamodeli ayimfihlo, okubaphoqa ukuthi bakhokhe amakhomishini afinyelela ku-30% emalini yabo engenayo ngokusebenzisa uhlelo lokukhokha lwe-Apple.
Ngokusho Proton kanye nabanye abamangali, i-Apple igcina ukufinyelela kwezinye izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza ivinjiwe futhi ivimbela onjiniyela ekwaziseni abasebenzisi ngezindlela zokukhokha ezishibhile ngaphandle kwenkundla esemthethweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani Cupertino uyasigcina isikhundla sakhe njengomlindisango ngokubeka imikhawulo yobuchwepheshe evimbela izinhlelo zokusebenza eziqhudelanayo ukuthi zisebenze ngokufanele, isibonelo, ngokuvimbela amathuluzi afana ne-Proton Drive ekusebenzeni ngemuva njengoba kwenza iCloud. Ukuze uqonde kangcono ukuthi lezi zinqubo ziwuthinta kanjani ukuncintisana nokuqamba izinto ezintsha, ungafunda ukuhlaziya kwethu kokuthi I-Apple Pay ophenyweni lwe-antitrust.
Icala lifuna, ngaphezu kwesinxephezelo sezimali sama-NGO kanye nezimbangela zentando yeningi, okuthile okubaluleke kakhulu: izinguquko zesakhiwo ku-iOSI-Proton icela ukugunyazwa kwezinye izitolo nezindlela zokukhokha, kanye nokuba abathuthukisi bakwazi ukufinyelela ngokukhululekile ama-API ohlelo, banikeze abasebenzisi ezinye izindlela zangempela ezengeziwe.
"Ingadi ebiyelwe" ye-Apple ibhekwa emazweni amaningana
Ingxabano yezomthetho e-United States ayiyona indaba engavamile. Ku Brasil, isikhulu sezokuncintisana i-CADE sincome ukuthi i-Apple igwetshwe ngokukhawulela ezinye izinhlelo zokukhokha ku-iOS kanye nokuvimbela izinkampani ekwaziseni amakhasimende azo ngezinye izindlela zokukhokha. Umbiko wale nhlangano uphawula ukuthi le mikhawulo imigoqo yokwenziwa yokuncintisana futhi yehlise inkululeko yokuzikhethela yabasebenzisi nabathuthukisi ohlelweni lwe-Apple ecosystem.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ku- I-European Union Abalawuli sebevele bekwazile ukuphoqa i-Apple ukuthi ivumele izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle kanye nezinguquko kuzinqubomgomo zayo ze-App Store ngenxa yomthetho ofana noMthetho Wezimakethe Zedijithali. Izinqubo ze-Apple, ikakhulukazi lezo ezihlobene ne-iCloud nokuhlanganiswa nezinye izinsiza, nazo ziyabuyekezwa ukuze kuhlolwe ukuthi azinawo yini umthelela omubi emqhudelwaneni wemakethe yedijithali.
Le sethi yophenyo nezinqumo zamazwe ngamazwe igqamisa inkinga yomhlaba wonke: inkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana Inkampani yezobuchwepheshe ingalawula kude kangakanani ukufinyelela, ukusatshalaliswa, nezinkokhelo endaweni yayo? ngaphandle kokuwela emikhubeni yokuzimela noma ukuvimbela ukuqamba okusha. Uma ungathanda ukujula emithelela yezomthetho neyokulawula, sincoma ukuthi ufunde isihloko sethu esithi Umbiko we-antitrust kanye ne-Apple.
Imithelela yobumfihlo, ukusungula izinto ezintsha, kanye nekusasa le-iCloud
Enye yezimpikiswano ezibalulekile emacaleni afakwe ukuthi imodeli yebhizinisi le-Apple ilimaza izinsiza ezibeka ubumfihlo kuqala Abasebenzisi, njenge-Proton, kufanele bakhethe phakathi kokuyeka amaphesenti abalulekile emali yabo engenayo noma bakhuphule amanani abo ukuze baqhudelane endaweni yokudlala. Onjiniyela bagxeka i-Apple ngokuthanda izinhlelo zayo zokusebenza, ngokuvumela izici ezinqatshelwe abanye, nokusebenzisa ukulawula kwayo I-App Store njengendlela yokuhlola emazweni afana ne-China ne-Russia, lapho ubumfihlo obuthile nezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-VPN zisusiwe kulandela ingcindezi kahulumeni. Ukuze ufunde ukuthi le mikhawulo ikuthinta kanjani ukuvikelwa kwedatha, ungavakashela ukuhlaziya kwethu kokuthi Izimpendulo ze-Apple emikhawulweni ye-EU.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Apple iyakugcizelela lokho izovikela isikhundla sayo enkantolo futhi iphika ukuthi lezi zinqumo zigqugquzelwa yizisusa zokuzimela, zithethelela imodeli yayo njengesiqinisekiso sekhwalithi nokuphepha kubathengi. Kodwa-ke, imibandela yamajaji nezinhlangano ezilawulayo isiqala ukushintsha, uma kubhekwa ukuthi amandla e-Apple phezu kokufinyelela ku-inthanethi yeselula anemiphumela efinyelela kude kwezenhlalo, ezomnotho, nezobuchwepheshe.
Uma lezi zinsolo ziphumelela futhi nabalawuli benza izinguquko zesakhiwo, Ikusasa le-iCloud ne-App Store lingashintshwa: ezinye izitolo, izimo ezintsha zonjiniyela, nokucaca okwengeziwe kubasebenzisi bokugcina. Impi yezomthetho exabanisa i-Apple nabathuthukisi, abameli, kanye nohulumeni emhlabeni jikelele izoba ukhiye ekunqumeni ukuthi inkampani ingaqhubeka nokulawula ukufinyelela nokusebenza kwangaphakathi kwe-iOS njengoba yenze kuze kube manje.
