Siza kuqala iindaba ngokuthi i-Apple, nangaliphi na ixesha, ibonakalise umdla ekuthengeni iqonga lomxholo ophambili. Nangona kunjalo, le ntshukumo ingabeka iApple ngaphezulu eqongeni yolu hlobo lomxholo. Kwaye emva kohlaziyo lwerhafu lukaDonald Trump, uye wabanokulula.
I-Apple inebhalansi ye-252.000 yezigidi zeedola kwikhredithi yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, phantse iipesenti ezingama-90 zeli nani zihlala ngaphandle kweUnited States. Phambi kohlaziyo lwerhafu lukaDonal Trump olusika irhafu, iApple inokuphinda ibuyise isixa esikhulu semali ngokuhlawula kuphela i-10% yerhafu; Oko kukuthi, uCupertino uya kuqhubeka nokufumana ngaphezulu kwe-220.000 yezigidi zeedola (226.800 ukuba zichane).
Oku kubangele ukuba ii-alamu zihambe kwaye Abahlalutyi beenkampani zeCiti baqikelela ukuba kuyakubakho i-40% yamathuba okwenza i-Apple ngeNetflix. Kwangokunjalo, ezi zibikezelo zihamba negrafu apho kunokwenzeka khona ukubona ukuba iDisney inokungena njani kubhejo nge-30% yamathuba-apha kufanele ukuba kongezwe ukuba iDisney kutshanje ithathe iFox.
Nangona i-Apple ikhethe umxholo wayo kwaye iqesha abaphathi beAmazon kwaye iqesha abadlali abadumileyo kunye nabadlali abavela kumzi mveliso wee-audiovisual, ayisiyonyani into yokuba iimpapasho ezahlukeneyo kunye neengcali kwihlabathi liphela bezisoloko zicebisa inkampani ekhokelwa nguTim Cook ukuba ifumane iNetflix. Umzekelo unokuba Om Malik ubuyile ngoFebruwari 2017. UMalik wagxininisa ukuba iNetflix liqonga elikhona kuwo onke amaqela -kuneentlobo ezahlukeneyo- kwintengiso. Kananjalo, inokubonakaliswa kuninzi lweentengiso. Ngoku, eyona nto ibalulekileyo yale ntshukumo iya kuba kukubheja I-Netflix iya kubheja kumava kwinkampani egxile kwi «Cloud» kwaye yenze kakuhle. Kwaye iNetflix yinkampani eyenziweyo kwaye eyilelwe ilifu kuphela kwaye oku kuyakwenza ukuba iApple- inkampani engazalwanga ineziseko ezifanayo- ukuzoba kula mava ukukhokela amanye amacandelo aphambili kwintengiso.
Ndiyathemba ukuba ayizukwenzeka loo nto. Ngendlela ethathwe ngu-Apple enomdla kuphela kwimali kunye nokusikelwa umda okubekwa kwiimveliso zayo, ndicinga ukuba iNetflix iyayeka ukuba yile nto iyiyo namhlanje.