I-Apple inenqubomgomo ehluke ngokuphelele ezweni ngalinye lapho likhona khona. Isibonelo esicacile sitholakala eChina, lapho esebenza ngendlela ehluke ngokuphelele kunalokho okwenziwa emazweni amaningi asentshonalanga, ngenxa yengcindezi evela kuhulumeni waseChina.
Kodwa-ke, akulona izwe kuphela, okuyiRussia ne-Saudi Arabia amanye amazwe amabili lapho i-Apple iphoqeleka khona gcina izimiso zakho ephaketheni ukuze kugcinwe ukubakhona ezweni. Ngalo mqondo, iqembu lokulwela amalungelo edijithali seligxeke i-Apple ngokuvumela ohulumeni ukucubungula okuqukethwe kwe-LGBTQ.
Ngokwamaqembu Lwela ikusasa y Umlilo omkhulu, womabili azinze eChina, athi lokho I-Apple ivimba izinhlelo zokusebenza kuma-App Store ayi-152 emhlabeni jikelele. Umbiko okhishwe yiwo womabili amaqembu ubhala amacala ayi-1.377 lapho izicelo ze-LGTBQ zingatholakali ngenxa yokuvinjelwa kohulumeni abafanele, iSaudi Arabia iyizwe elivimba izicelo eziningi ngama-28.
Esikhundleni sesibili, kunjalo China, ngezinhlelo zokusebenza ezingama-27 ezivinjelwe ku-App Store, ezilandelwa yi- I-United Arab Emirates ngabangu-25, iGhana ngabangu-24 neNigeria abane-23. Kuqala kubalwa i-Australia, Canada ne-United States ngaphandle kwezicelo ezivinjiwe kanye ne-United Kingdom ngezicelo ezi-2.
Iningi lamazwe lapho inani lezicelo liphezulu line- irekhodi elibi ngamalungelo abantu abathandana nobulili obufanayo. Lo mbiko ofanayo uqinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuvumela ukuvinjelwa kwalolu hlobo lwezicelo emazweni afana neNiger neSouth Korea lapho kugunyazwa khona ubungqingili, amazwe nawo asemazweni ayi-10 aphezulu lapho izicelo eziningi ze-LGTBQ zivinjelwe khona ku-App Store.
Ngokusho kuka-Evan Greer, umqondisi we-Fight For The Future:
I-Apple ifaka amafulegi othingo emisebenzini yayo yezokumaketha e-United States, kepha okwamanje isiza ngenkuthalo ohulumeni emhlabeni wonke ukubahlukanisa, bathule futhi bacindezele abantu be-LGBTQ. Ukuphathwa kwe-Apple ngokuzikhandla kwe-App Store nokungakwazi ukufaka izinhlelo zokusebenza ngaphandle kwe-App Store kwenza lokhu kubandlululwa kanye nokucwaninga kwenzeke.
Le nhlangano efanayo ithi eziningi zalezi zicelo zikhethe uku nikeza ukufinyelela kwewebhu ukudlula ukuvinjelwa okuphoqelelwa yi-Apple. Kulawo mazwe lapho lawa mawebhusayithi avinjelwe uhulumeni, okuwukuphela kwendlela esele kubasebenzisi ukusebenzisa izinsizakalo ze-VPN.
