Kule nyanga, uTim Cook uxele ukuba yonke into enxulumene nokubaleka ukuhlawula irhafu kwinkampani ayiqhubayo "ubuqhetseba bezopolitiko bebonke«. Kuyabonakala ukuba, yonke into awayesixelela yona yayingeyonyani kuba iapile Ngesele ndifikile kwisivumelwano apho ingahlawula i-318 yezigidi zeerandi Ukugqibezela uphando olunokunyanzela inkampani yaseCupertino ukuba ihlawule amatyeli amathathu elo xabiso.
Abalawuli base-Italiya eMilan bagqiba kwelokuba iApple ngeyayenzile injineli yerhafu ukunciphisa isiseko serhafu kunye nokonga i-879 yezigidi zeedola, into anokuyiphumeza ngokubhengeza inzuzo ethile kwinkxaso-mali yaseIreland, eyenzeka phakathi kuka-2008 no-2013.
U-Apple akakhange abeke zigqibo malunga nesivumelwano, kodwa wakube etyholwa, sele esithi ihlawule irhafu kwilizwe ngalinye. Kude kube ngoku, bebesoloko bema ngelithi abamsulwa, kodwa esi sivumelwano sibonisa kuphela ukuba bebengathethi nyani. Eyona nto isengqiqweni ukuba umsulwa kwaye unesazela esicocekileyo iya kuba kukuqhubeka kwaye ungahlawuli oko, ithiyori, engahambelani nawe.
I-Apple Italia yinxalenye yeziko lokusebenza lenkampani esekwe kwi Ireland, Apho uhlawula iApple irhafu ephantsi kakhulu endiza kuhlawula kwamanye amazwe. Kwilizwe laseIreland, ireyithi yerhafu yi-12.5%, ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha se-27,5% ekufuneka uyihlawule e-Itali. Ukuba sithathela ingqalelo imali ehamba nenkampani efana neApple, ukonga kuya kuba ngamanani othusayo.
Ayiloxesha lokuqala ukuba iApple ijongane nezityholo ezifanayo. NgoSeptemba 2014, iKhomishini yaseYurophu sele ityhola inkampani ukuba uTim Cook usebenza ngokufumana izibonelelo zikarhulumente ezingekho mthethweni ukusuka eIreland, kodwa le yinto esiya kuva ngayo ngo-2016. Ngayiphi na imeko, kubonakala ngathi ayisiyiyo yonke into yezopolitiko, akunjalo?
Yonke into uCook ayithethayo iyinto engekho mthethweni, eqala ngesebe lakhe lesoftware.