Tun farkon wannan watan, gwamnatin Hong Kong ta zartar da sabuwar doka cewa rage yanci, sabuwar doka da ta baiwa China ikon mallakar Hong Kong, wanda kuma ya kasance babban dalilin zanga-zangar da ‘yan kasar suka yi a watannin baya.
Ba abin mamaki ba ne, duk wata buƙata da gwamnatin China ta gabatar dangane da Hong Kong, Apple ne ke sarrafa shi ba tare da tambaya ba. Misali na ƙarshe, wanda kawai ya tabbatar kamar Apple ya sunkuyar da kansa a duk wata bukata daga China, mun same shi a cikin aikace-aikacen PopVote.
Masu fafutukar kare demokradiyya a Hongkong sun kirkiro aikace-aikacen PopVote, aikace-aikacen da ba na hukuma ba da ke aiki auna farin jinin 'yan takarar da ke adawa da murkushe kasar China a cikin yankin. Wannan aikace-aikacen, wanda idan ana samun sa a cikin Play Store, ba'a taɓa samun sa a cikin Apple App Store ba.
A cewar yaran Quarz, matsakaiciyar ma hakan takunkumi ya shafi China Bayan ganin yadda Apple ya cire aikace-aikacen sa daga App Store a China:
Kodayake shagon Google Play ya amince da aikace-aikacen Android da sauri, amma da farko an ƙi aikace-aikacen iOS saboda lamuran lambobi daban-daban. Masu haɓaka PopVote sun sake ƙaddamar da aikace-aikacen tare da canje-canjen da ake buƙata a cikin awanni, amma ba su taɓa ji daga Apple ba duk da ƙoƙarin da aka yi na tuntuɓar kamfanin.
Babu rukunin gidan yanar gizon wannan dandamali. Yawancin su kamfanonin fasaha ne, kamar su Sakon waya, WhatsApp, Microsoft, Google, Facebook da Twitter, wadanda suka sanya hannu kan hakan ba za su isar da wani bayanan masu amfani da su ba abin da hukumomin Hong Kong ke buƙata.
Apple, yayin, tayi ikirarin cewa tana kimanta manufofinta a Hong Kong kiyaye shirun da ake kushe shi sosai. Babu daya daga cikin wadannan kamfanonin, in banda Microsoft a takaice ga Windows, da barazanar gwamnatin China za ta iya shafa, tunda dukkansu an hana su a kasar.