iapile ukufikelela kwisivumelwano kunye neKhomishini yezoRhwebo (i-FTC), ekusonjululwa ngayo izikhalazo ezifakwe kwi-Apple.
Izikhalazo zathi u-Apple ayikuthinteli ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo ekubeni kwenziwe ngendlela eyiyo, ebonisa ujongano olufana kakhulu nolomdlalo kwaye abantwana banokwenza iimpazamo, kwaye benze iintlawulo ngeakhawunti yomzali, ngaphandle kokuqonda ukuba kukho imali yokwenyani ebandakanyekayo kwintengiselwano.
Umongameli we-FTC, u-Edith Ramírez, uthe kwinkomfa yoonondaba ukuba u-Apple uza kuyibuyisa ubuncinci i-32.5 yezigidi zeedola Abathengi ukusombulula iimeko zokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo okwenziwe ngabantwana ngaphandle kwemvume okanye ulwazi lwabazali babo. Elo nani le-32.5 yezigidi zeedola lelona lincinci ekufuneka lihlawulwe yi-Apple, kuba ixabiso lokuthenga kufuneka longezwe kubathengi, ke imali yokugqibela ingangaphezulu. Ukuba incinci, iApple iya kuhlawula umahluko kwi-FTC.
I-Apple kude kube ngoMatshi 31, 2014 ukuya jonga inkqubo yakho yamatyala, imfuno ebekiweyo kukuba ibonakaliswe xa kuthengwa kwimidlalo yemali yokwenene, ngaloo ndlela kuqinisekiswa ukuba umthengi unike imvume yakhe ngaphambi kokuba afakwe i-invoice.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, U-Apple uxele Ukusetyenziswa okungagunyaziswanga kwee-IAPs (ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo) kwimidlalo nakwizicelo, kodwa i-FTC icinge ukuba akukho bungqina bolwaphulo-mthetho.
Umphathi we-Apple uTim Cook izolo uthumele imeyile kubo bonke abasebenzi ukuba bachaze isigqibo senkampani:
Ukusuka: Tim Cook
Umhla: uJanuwari 15, 2014
Isihloko: Isibhengezo se-FTCIzixhobo,
Ndifuna ukukwazisa ukuba u-Apple utyikitye isivumelwano semvume kunye neKhomishini yezoRhwebo yase-US. Besithetha-thethana ne-FTC iinyanga ezininzi malunga nomsebenzi wokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo weVenkile ye App, njengoko abathengi abancinci bekwazile ukwenza oko. bathenge ngaphandle kwemvume yabazali. Ndiyazi ukuba esi sibhengezo siza kuyothusa uninzi lwenu, njengoko iApple yenze iVenkile ye App njengendawo ekhuselekileyo yabathengi bayo yonke iminyaka.
Ukususela ekuqaleni, ukukhuselwa kwabantwana kuyeyona nto iphambili kwiqela leVenkile yeApple kwaye, ngokubanzi, kubo bonke abasebenzi beApple. Ivenkile ivavanywe ngononophelo, kwaye sibanga imigangatho efanayo yokhuseleko, imfihlo, ukusebenziseka kunye nokuziphatha okufanelekileyo njengabaphuhlisi besicelo. Ulawulo lwabazali kwi-iOS lomelele, luyathandeka kwaye luyakwazi ukwenziwa, kwaye songeze iindlela ezahlukeneyo zabazali zokukhusela abantwana babo. Olu lawulo ludlula ngaphaya kweempawu zabanye abavelisi bezixhobo eziphathwayo kunye neenkqubo zokusebenza, uninzi lwazo ezingazijonganga nezicelo abazithengisela abantwana.
Xa sijonga kwakhona ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo okwenziwe ngo-2009, saye sanika abazali indlela yokukhubaza ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo besebenzisa isikhethi esinye. Xa ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo kuvunyelwe kwaye iphasiwedi ifakwa ukukhuphela usetyenziso, iVenkile yeVenkile ikuvumela ukuba uqhubeke nokuthenga kangangemizuzu eli-15 ngaphandle kokuphinda ufake iphasiwedi. Le festile yemizuzu eli-15 ikho ukusukela oko kwaqaliswa iVenkile ye App ngo-2008 kwaye yayijolise ekwenzeni iVenkile ye App ibe lula ukuyisebenzisa, kodwa abanye abathengi abancinci bafumanisa ukuba le festile iyabavumela ukuba bathenge ngaphakathi nohlelo ngaphandle kwemvume abazali babo.
Sivile kwabanye abathengi, abakhalaza malunga nokukhululeka kwabantwana ekwenzeni ukuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo, ngenxa yoko sakhawuleza saya kuphucula. Senza amanyathelo ongezelelweyo kwinkqubo yokuthenga.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, besizimisele ukubuyisa nakuphi na ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo okunokuthi kwenziwe ngaphandle kwemvume yabazali. Sifuna ukufikelela kubo bonke abathengi abanokuthi bachaphazeleke, ke sithumele i-imeyile kubathengi abazizigidi ezingama-28 zeVenkile ye App, ukufikelela kubo bonke abantu abathe bathenga ngaphakathi nohlelo kumdlalo owenzelwe abantwana. Ezinye ii-imeyile zangxengxezeleka, ngenxa yoko sathumela iiposikhadi kwabo bathengi. Lilonke, sifumene amabango angama-37.000 kwaye siza kuhlawula nganye nganye njengoko sithembisile.
Ijaji yomdibaniso ivumile kwizenzo zethu njengesisombululo esipheleleyo kwaye saziva ngathi senze izinto ngokuchanekileyo, ngenxa yeApple kunye nabathengi bayo. Emva kwexesha, i-FTC yabandakanyeka kwaye yajongana nathi malunga nelinye ityala kwityala elifanayo.
Asikholelwa ukuba kufanelekile ukuba i-FTC isimangalele ngetyala ebesilisombulule ngaphakathi, nangona kunjalo, isigqibo semvume esiphakanyiswe yi-FTC asifuni ukuba senze nantoni na ebesingavumi ukuyenza, ke Ndigqibe kwelokuba ndiyamkele endaweni yokungena kwidabi elisemthethweni nelide.
Ivenkile yeApple yenye yezona zinto ziphambili ezenziweyo nguApple, kwaye ithandwa kakhulu ngabathengi bethu kwihlabathi liphela, kuba bayazi ukuba banokuyithemba iApple. Wena nabantu osebenza nabo nincedile iApple yafumana loo ntembeko, esiyixabisileyo nesiyihloniphayo ngaphezulu kwayo yonke enye into.
I-Apple yinkampani egcwele izimvo ezintsha kunye nabantu, abazimiseleyo ukugcina eyona migangatho iphezulu yokuziphatha, yezomthetho kunye neyokuziphatha kuyo yonke into abayenzayo. Njengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, siyakholelwa ukuba itekhnoloji inokunceda amaxabiso asezantsi oluntu kwaye ibe yeyona minqweno iphezulu. Njengoko iApple iqhubeka nokukhula, ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kubakho ukuphononongwa kunye nokugxekwa. Asibaleki kolu hlobo lokubuza, kuba siqinisekile ngokunyaniseka kwenkampani yethu kunye nabo sisebenza nabo.
Enkosi ngomsebenzi onzima owenzayo ukuhlangabezana nokulindelweyo ngabathengi bethu kunye nokubabonisa kuwo onke amanyathelo i-Apple ekufaneleyo ukuba bayithembe.
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