Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo besibeka esweni ityala phakathi kwe-Apple kunye ne-Epic Ganes malunga nokumangalelwa kwe-antitrust kwiinketho zokuhlawula.
Kwaye ngoku kwiindaba zamva nje I-Apple ifumene ukunqunyanyiswa ngomzuzu wokugqibela kumyalelo wenkundla onokuthi unyanzelise inkampani ukuba iqalise ukuvumela abaphuhlisi be-iPhone kunye ne-iPad ukuba baqondise abasebenzisi kwezinye iinketho zentlawulo.
Imfuneko yokuvumela uqhagamshelo kwisicelo kwiinkqubo zentlawulo yomntu wesithathu iyalelwe kwisigwebo se-10 Septemba esenziwe yijaji kwi-Epic Games 'ityala eliqhubekayo ngokuchasene ne-Apple.
Yayiyenye yeempumelelo ezimbalwa ze-Epic, kunye neJaji uYvonne Gonzalez Rogers egweba i-Apple kumanqaku amaninzi. Ijaji yanika i-Apple kude kube nguDisemba 9 ukwenza utshintsho oluyimfuneko ukugunyazisa iinkqubo zentlawulo yangaphandle, ngoko oku kumiswa kuza ngomzuzu wokugqibela onokwenzeka.
Xa uMgwebi uGonzález Rogers wasichitha isicelo sokuqala sika-Apple sokumisa isigqibo, inkampani yabhenela kwiNkundla yeSibheno yeSibheno. Olu bizo lukhokelele kolu phuhliso lutsha.
I-Apple ngoku inokugcina imeko ye-quo ngeli xesha de isibheno sisonjululwe, mhlawumbi kwiinyanga ezininzi.
Sifanele sikhumbule ukuba ngoSeptemba, uMgwebi uYvonne Gonzalez Rogers wakhupha umyalelo wokuthintela kwi-Epic v Apple case, ebeka izithintelo ezongezelelweyo kwimithetho ye-App Store ye-Apple kunye nokuphelisa iinyanga ezibuhlungu zezomthetho.
Njengenxalenye yomyalelo wenkundla omtsha, I-Apple inomyalelo wokuthintela ngokusisigxina "ethintela abaphuhlisi ukuba bangabandakanyi kwizicelo zabo kunye namaqhosha eedatha zabo, amakhonkco angaphandle okanye ezinye iifowuni kwisenzo esikhokelela abathengi kwiindlela zokuthenga, ukongeza ekuthengeni ngaphakathi kwe-app" kunye nokunxibelelana nabathengi ngamanqaku oqhagamshelwano afunyenwe ngokuzithandela kubathengi ngokubhaliswa kweakhawunti. kwisicelo”.
Ngamafutshane, ii-apps ze-iOS kufuneka zikwazi ukuqondisa abasebenzisi kwiinketho zokuhlawula ngaphaya kwezo zinikezelwa yi-Apple. Lo myalelo wawuza kuqala ukusebenza nge-9 kaDisemba, ngaphandle kokuba inkundla ephakamileyo yenze isigqibo esahlukileyo.
I-Apple ubukhulu becala iphumelele eli tyala ukuya kuthi ga apho inkampani ihambe yade yabiza isigqibo ngokuba "luloyiso olukhulu." Ijaji uGonzález Rogers ugwebe uApple kumabango alithoba kwalishumi ukuba i-Epic ifake ngokuchasene nenkampani. Ngokomzekelo, inkundla yathi i-Epic Games yaphula isivumelwano sayo ne-Apple xa iphumeza enye inkqubo yokuhlawula kwi-Fortnite app.
Nje ngeziphumo, I-Epic kufuneka ihlawule i-Apple 30% yayo yonke ingeniso eqokelelweyo ngenkqubo ukususela ekuphunyezweni kwayo, efikelela ngaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3,5 zeerandi.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Apple yalahlekelwa yinto ebalulekileyo: ijaji yagqiba ekubeni i-Apple yaphule imithetho ye-California "anti-direction" kwaye ifuna ukuba i-Apple ivumele abaphuhlisi ukuba badibanise kwiinkqubo zentlawulo zangaphandle. Ukulandela esi sigqibo, i-Apple ayinakuphinda ithintele abanini be-iPhone ekusebenziseni inkqubo yokuhlawula (enokuthi ibe sisibetho kwimodeli yeshishini ye-App Store).
Ukongeza, kwisibheno sayo sika-Okthobha, i-Apple yenza ingxabano yokukhusela umsebenzisi. U-Apple uthe kwimbali yakhe ukuthobela lo myalelo kungonakalisa kwaye kwenzakalise abathengi. Inkampani ithe inethemba lokuphumelela isibheno esiphikisa lo myalelo kwaye ifuna inkqubo yomthetho, enokuthatha unyaka.
Kumshicileli we-App Store, ezinye iindlela zokuhlawula, ngokukodwa ezifumaneka ngendlela yamaqhosha abhekiselele kumakhonkco angaphandle, abonisa umngcipheko othile. Inkampani ichaza:
"Ukuba i-Apple inokuphonononga amakhonkco anikezelweyo kuguqulelo lwesicelo esifakwe kwisatifikethi, akukho nto iya kuthintela umphuhlisi ekuguquleni indawo ekuyiwa kuyo la makhonkco okanye umxholo wamaphepha. Ukongeza, iApple ayinakumisela ukuba ngaba umsebenzisi ocofe kwenye yezi khonkco uwufumene ngokwenene umxholo awuhlawuleleyo. «
"I-Apple sele ifumana amakhulu amawaka ezicelo zabasebenzisi yonke imihla, kwaye ukuvumela ezinye iindlela zokuhlawula kuya kubanyusa," iphawula yenkampani. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba ezinye iindlela zokuhlawula zimele ngaphezu kwayo yonke intsilelo ye-Apple kuba ayizukwazi ukubiza ikhomishini ukuba inkqubo yayo yokuhlawula ayisetyenziswa. Ukongeza, i-Apple icela iinkundla ixesha lokuvavanya ngcono umngcipheko, ngelixa ifunda imiba yezomthetho, yetekhnoloji kunye nezoqoqosho yento eyichaza njengokuphazamiseka kwi-ecosystem yayo.
Inkundla yezibheno iye yahlala yenye yezona ndawo zibalulekileyo ze-Epic v. Apple, ukunqumamisa ukuphunyezwa kwenyathelo lokhuseleko elikhutshwe yinkundla yokuqala. Emva kokunqunyanyiswa, i-Apple inokugcina inkqubo yayo ye-IAP njengokuphela komthombo weentlawulo ezidityanisiweyo kwi-iOS, nangona isigqibo senkundla yesithili sangaphambili sokuba ilungiselelo elikhethekileyo alikho mthethweni.
Okuqaphelekayo, ukunqunyanyiswa akunwenweli kwinxalenye yesibini yomyalelo wenkundla, ebijongene nonxibelelwano lwabasebenzisi ngaphandle kwe-iOS.