Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule besilandela icala phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Epic Ganes mayelana necala lokungathembeki ngezinketho zokukhokha.
Futhi manje ezindabeni zakamuva I-Apple ithole ukumiswa ngomzuzu wokugcina kumyalo wenkantolo obungaphoqa inkampani ukuthi iqale ukuvumela abathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza lwe-iPhone ne-iPad ukuthi baqondise abasebenzisi kwezinye izinketho zokukhokha.
Imfuneko yokuvumela ukuxhumeka kuhlelo lokusebenza kumasistimu okukhokha ezinkampani zangaphandle ingu ikhishwe yijaji ngoSepthemba 10 ecaleni eliqhubekayo le-Epic Games ngokumelene ne-Apple.
Bekungenye yezinqola ezimbalwa zama-Epic, neJaji uYvonne Gonzalez Rogers elivuna i-Apple ngamaphuzu amaningi. Ijaji linikeze i-Apple kuze kube nguDisemba 9 ukwenza izinguquko ezidingekayo. ukugunyaza izinhlelo zokukhokha zangaphandle, ngakho lokhu kumiswa kuza ngesikhathi sokugcina okungenzeka.
Lapho iJaji uGonzález Rogers lichitha isicelo sokuqala sika-Apple sokumisa isinqumo, inkampani yadlulisela icala eNkantolo Yezikhalo Yesifunda Yesishiyagalolunye. Lolu cingo luholele kulokhu kuthuthukiswa okusha.
I-Apple manje isingakwazi ukugcina isimo samanje kuze kube yilapho isikhalazo sesixazululiwe, mhlawumbe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa.
Kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi ngoSepthemba, iJaji u-Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers lakhipha umyalelo wokuvinjelwa ku-Epic v Apple, ebeka imingcele eyengeziwe emithethweni ye-App Store ye-Apple futhi eqeda izinyanga zezingxabano ezingokomthetho ezibuhlungu.
Njengengxenye yomyalelo omusha wenkantolo, I-Apple inomyalelo wokuvinjelwa unomphela "Lokho kuvimbela onjiniyela ekufakeni izicelo zabo kanye nemethadatha yezinkinobho zabo, izixhumanisi zangaphandle noma ezinye izingcingo esenzweni esiqondisa amakhasimende ukuthi athenge izindlela, ngaphezu kokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo" kanye nokuxhumana namakhasimende ngamaphoyinti okuxhumana atholwe ngokuzithandela kumakhasimende nge-akhawunti. ukubhaliswa esicelweni ”.
Ngamafuphi, izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-iOS kufanele zikwazi ukuqondisa abasebenzisi ezinkethweni zokukhokha ezingaphezu kwalokho okuhlinzekwa yi-Apple. Lo mthetho uzoqala ukusebenza ngoDisemba 9, ngaphandle uma inkantolo ephakeme yenza isinqumo esihlukile.
I-Apple yawina kakhulu leli cala kwaze kwaba yilapho inkampani ibiza lesi sinqumo ngokuthi "ngokunqoba okukhulu." IJaji uGonzález Rogers ukhiphe isinqumo esivuna i-Apple ezimangalweni eziyisishiyagalolunye kweziyishumi ukuthi i-Epic ifake isicelo ngokumelene nenkampani. Isibonelo, inkantolo yathi i-Epic Games yephule isivumelwano sayo ne-Apple ngenkathi isebenzisa olunye uhlelo lokukhokha kuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Fortnite.
Ngenxa yalokho, I-Epic kufanele ikhokhele i-Apple 30% yayo yonke imali eqoqwe ngohlelo kusukela ekuqalisweni kwalo, okuyimali engaphezu kuka-$3,5 million.
Kodwa-ke, i-Apple yalahlekelwa iphuzu elibalulekile: ijaji lithole ukuthi i-Apple yephule imithetho yaseCalifornia "anti-direction" futhi yadinga ukuthi i-Apple ivumele abathuthukisi ukuthi baxhume ezinhlelweni zokukhokha zangaphandle. Ngemva kwalesi sinqumo, i-Apple ngeke isakwazi ukukhawulela abanikazi be-iPhone ekusebenziseni uhlelo lwayo lokukhokha (okungaba yingozi enkulu kumodeli yebhizinisi le-App Store).
Ukwengeza, esikhalazweni sayo sika-Okthoba, i-Apple yenza ingxabano yokuvikela umsebenzisi. I-Apple ike yasho emlandweni wayo ukuthi ukuthobela lo myalelo kungayilimaza futhi kulimaze abathengi. Le nkampani ithe inethemba lokuthi izosinqoba lesi sikhalo esiphikisa lo myalelo futhi ifuna inqubo yezomthetho engathatha unyaka.
Kumshicileli we-App Store, ezinye izindlela zokukhokha, ikakhulukazi ezitholakala ngesimo sezinkinobho ezikhomba izixhumanisi zangaphandle, ziveza ubungozi obuthile. Inkampani iyachaza:
“Uma i-Apple ingahlola izixhumanisi ezinikezwe enguqulweni yesicelo esithunyelwe ukuze sigunyazwe, akukho lutho olungavimba unjiniyela ekuguquleni indawo yalezi zixhumanisi noma okuqukethwe emakhasini. Ukwengeza, i-Apple ayikwazi ukunquma ukuthi umsebenzisi ochofoze kwenye yalezi zixhumanisi empeleni ukutholile okuqukethwe akukhokhele. «
"I-Apple isivele ithola izicelo eziyizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ambalwa ezivela kubasebenzisi nsuku zonke, futhi ukuvumela ezinye izindlela zokukhokha kuzozikhulisa," kuphawula inkampani. Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ezinye izindlela zokukhokha zimelela ngaphezu kwakho konke okushodayo kwe-Apple njengoba kungeke kwenzeke ukukhokhisa ikhomishini uma uhlelo lwayo lokukhokha lungasetshenziswa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Apple icela izinkantolo isikhathi sokuhlola kangcono ubungozi, kuyilapho ifunda izici zomthetho, ezobuchwepheshe nezomnotho yalokho ekuchaza njengokuphazamiseka ohlelweni lwayo lwendalo.
Inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala isalokhu ingenye yezingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Epic v. I-Apple, imisa ukukhishwa komyalelo okhishwe yinkantolo yokuqala. Ngemuva kokumiswa, i-Apple ingagcina uhlelo lwayo lwe-IAP njengokuphela komthombo wezinkokhelo owakhelwe ku-iOS, ngaphandle kwesinqumo sangaphambilini senkantolo yesifunda sokuthi isivumelwano esikhethekile asikho emthethweni.
Ikakhulukazi, ukumiswa akudluleli engxenyeni yesibili yomyalelo wenkantolo, obuphethe ukuxhumana kwabasebenzisi ngaphandle kwe-iOS.