Ukusukela ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, urhulumente wase-Hong Kong upasile umthetho omtsha othi ukunciphisa inkululeko, Umthetho omtsha onika iTshayina ulawulo lweHong Kong, nesibe sesona sizathu siphambili soqhankqalazo lwabemi beli kwinyanga ezidlulileyo.
Akumangalisi ukuba, nasiphi na isicelo esenziwe ngurhulumente waseTshayina esimalunga neHong Kong, iqhutywa yiApple ngaphandle kokubuza. Umzekelo wokugqibela, oqinisekisa kuphela njenge I-Apple igobisa intloko kwisicelo ngasinye esivela e-China, siyifumana kwisicelo sePopVote.
Abaphembeleli bedemokhrasi baseHong Kong benze isicelo sePopVote, isicelo esingafanelekanga esisebenza linganisa ukuthandwa kwabagqatswa abachasa ubuchwephesha base China kwingingqi. Esi sicelo, ukuba siyafumaneka kwiVenkile yokuDlala, asikaze sifumaneke kwiVenkile yeApple yeApple.
Ngokwamakhwenkwe aseQuarz, iphakathi nalo ichaphazeleke ngokunyanzelwa ngu China Emva kokubona ukuba iApple isusile njani isicelo sayo kwiVenkile yeApple e China:
Nangona iapp ye-Android yamkelwa ngokukhawuleza kwivenkile kaGoogle Play, iapps ye-iOS yaqale yaliwa ngenxa yemicimbi eyahlukeneyo yekhowudi. Abaphuhlisi bePopVote baphinda bayithumela le nkqubo kunye notshintsho oluyimfuneko ngaphakathi kweeyure, kodwa zange beva kwiApple ngaphandle kwemizamo emininzi yokunxibelelana nenkampani.
Iwebhusayithi yeli qonga ayisasebenzi. Uninzi lweenkampani zetekhnoloji, ezinje nge Yocingo, WhatsApp, U-Microsoft, uGoogle, u-Facebook no-Twitter, abasayine loo nto abayi kuhambisa nayiphi na idatha yabasebenzisi babo Iyafuneka ngabasemagunyeni baseHong Kong.
I-Apple, ngokwenxalenye yayo, Ibanga ukuba ivavanya umgaqo-nkqubo wayo eHong Kong ukugcina ukuthula kugxekwa kakhulu. Akukho nanye kwezi nkampani, ngaphandle kweMicrosoft ukuya kwinqanaba elincinci leWindows, enokuchaphazeleka kwizisongelo ezivela kurhulumente waseTshayina, kuba zonke zivaliwe kweli lizwe.