Emva kokugxekwa kabukhali okufunyenweyo kwiikomishini ze-Apple ekucingelwa ukuba ziphezulu kwi-App Store yayo, eCupertino baye bagqiba ekubeni banciphise ukuya kwi-15% kubaphuhlisi abancinci, into engazange i-Epic okanye iSpotify ithande.
Besithetha ngeekhomishini ze-Apple kwiVenkile ye-App kwiinyanga. Inkampani ihlawulisa bonke abaphuhlisi i-30% ikhomishini kwingeniso evela kukuthengwa kwe-app okanye ukuthengwa kwe-app. Le yikomishini enokuthi ithathelwe ingqalelo njengomgangatho woshishino, nangona kubonakala ngathi iyakhathaza abaninzi kwimeko ye-Apple (akunjalo ngemidlalo yevidiyo, umzekelo). E-Cupertino babefuna ukuphelisa ezi zigxeko ngokwenza isigqibo esiye saphikisana kakhulu: ukunciphisa ikhomishini ukusuka kwi-30% ukuya kwi-15%, kodwa kuphela kwabo baphuhlisi banengeniso ngexesha lonyaka odlulileyo ngaphantsi kwe-1 yezigidi zeedola.. Kwaye nantsi imvelaphi yengxabano, kuba iinkampani ezinkulu ziphinde zaphakamisa amazwi azo.
Oku kuye kwacaciswa ziinkampani ezifana neSpotify okanye i-Epic. I-Spotify ityhola i-Apple "ngemigaqo-nkqubo engafanelekanga kunye ne-capricious esongela bonke abaphuhlisi be-iOS" kwaye lo mlinganiso ufuna kuphela ukufihla i-monopoly yakhe ukuzama ukukhohlisa imibutho elawulayo. Kwi-Epic bathetha ngayo "inyathelo elibalelwe ukwahlula abaphuhlisi kunye nokugcina ukuzimela kwabo kwivenkile yabo kunye neentlawulo ze-app«. Kuyacaca ukuba umlinganiselo we-Apple awukhange uthandwe kwaphela zezi zigebenga zibandakanyeka kumlo ochasene nenkampani elawula eyona venkile inkulu yezicelo emhlabeni. Bekuya kuba kuhle ukubona indlela osabela ngayo ukuba isaphulelo besiya kubaphuhlisi abakhulu kuphela, ngaba ubuya kubakhumbula abancinci? Imfazwe isaqhubeka.