NgoDisemba 2017 sathetha ekuthengeni okunokwenzeka kweShazam nguApple. Ukufunyanwa kwe-Apple kwenkampani enjalo kufuna imvume yangaphambili ye-European Union.
I-Shazam yindawo eyaziwayo yengoma yaseBritane. Ngaphandle kokuba ibe yiApple okwangoku, sele idityaniswe neenkonzo zeApple, ezinje ngeApple Music kunye neSiri.
Asazi ukuba ziziphi iinjongo zika-Apple malunga noku kuthenga. Inokugcina uShazam enjalo, kodwa usebenzise onke amandla ayo ukuphucula iApple Music. Ungayithenga kwaye uyiguqule ibe yimveliso yeApple, njengoko sele wenze ngeBeats Music. Okanye, mhlawumbi, thintela ukhuphiswano olufana neSpotify, uGoogle okanye iDeezer ekusebenziseni, kuba iShazam ikuvumela ukuba udlale okanye uthenge iingoma ezifunyanwayo kumaqonga ahlukeneyo, anje ngeSpotify okanye iApple Music
Kwaye eli nqaku lokugqibela lelona lixhalabisa iKomishini yaseYurophu kunye noMlawuli-Jikelele woKhuphiswano, othi Kuya kufuneka uvume ukuthengwa okoko nje kungonzakalisi abemi baseYurophu. Ngamanye amagama, inzuzo ka-Apple yorhwebo ayinakuba kukususa iinketho kunye nezibonelelo esele sinazo. Kuyinyani ukuba ikhomishini efanayo ivumele ukuthengwa kweWhatsApp kuFacebook, ke yonke into inokuba njalo.
Ngoku I-Reuters isixelela ukuba isivumelwano sokuthenga siphantse sagqitywa kwaye ngemvume epheleleyo yeKhomishini yaseYurophu, ngokwemithombo ekufutshane nomcimbi. Kwaye, kwangoko ngoSeptemba 18, isivumelwano singavalwa.
Ixabiso eliqikelelweyo eliza kuhlawulwa ngu-Apple ngama-400 ezigidi zeedola ngokweTechCrunch, nangona kwakuthethwa nge-trillion yeedola (i-1000 yezigidi).
UApple uthenga iinkampani ezininzi zezithunzi, kodwa Ukufunyanwa kukaShazam kunika into yokuthetha ngayo kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ukhuphiswano, nokuba iKomishini yaseYurophu ithathela ingqalelo ukuba yonke into ichanekile, kubonakala ngathi akulunganga.