Kusukela uTim Cook aveze isikhundla sakhe sokuvikela ubumfihlo babasebenzisi ngokumelene nezicelo ze-FBI zokuvula i-iPhone 5c yamaphekula aseSan Bernardino, sekuvele kube nokusekelwa okungaphezulu kwama-40 okutholwe yilabo abavela eCupertino. Phakathi kwabo kubalwa iMicrosoft, Google, Edward Snowden, Mark Zuckerberg nomsunguli weWhatsApp, uJan Koum. Kepha kubonakala kunjalo AbakwaSamsung ngeke basisekele isimo se-Apple, okungenani hhayi ngokusemthethweni noma ukuletha noma imuphi umbhalo.
Njengoba singafunda ku- Bloomberg, AbakwaSamsung bayavumelana nezinye zezitatimende zika-Apple, njengomqondo wokuthi «noma yisiphi isicelo sokwakha umnyango ongemuva singabukela phansi ukuzethemba kwabathengi", kodwa akazange akhombise ukusekela kwakhe isitha sakhe obuseduze, okungeyona enye ngaphandle kwenkampani esebenza nguTim Cook. Kodwa ingabe kuyinto okufanele isimangaze? Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoncika endaweni yokubuka kanye nenqubo ngayinye.
AbakwaSamsung ngeke bayisekele imbangi yabo eyinhloko neFBI
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuyamangaza ukuthi ufuna ukuzihlukanisa neqembu elihlanganisa ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe; ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukwazi ukuthi inkampani isebenza kanjani lokho Ngangifuna ukusizakala ngokufa kukaSteve Jobs (Bekukhona ngisho nama-imeyili afundeka ukuthi "manje isikhathi" lapho kushone lowo owayengumphathi omkhulu we-Apple), akufanele kusimangaze ukuthi bafuna ukuzama ukulimaza abaseCupertino.
Ukuqinisekisa ukwethenjwa kumikhiqizo nezinsizakalo zethu kuyinto yethu ebaluleke kakhulu. Amafoni ethu afakwe ukubethela okuvikela ubumfihlo nokuqukethwe, futhi awanazicabha zangemuva. […]
Uma kunesidingo sokwenza njalo, ngaphakathi komthetho, sisebenza namandla omthetho. Kepha noma yisiphi isicelo sokwenza umnyango ongemuva singabukela phansi ukwethenjwa kwamakhasimende. […]
Ukuvikela ubumfihlo bamakhasimende ethu kubaluleke kakhulu, kepha asinqumanga ukuthi sizofaka i-amicus emfushane esimweni samanje. Ngicabanga ukuthi abakwaSamsung kufanele babeke umbango ne-Apple eceleni okwesikhashana bese benza okulungile.
Okuhlekisayo yilapho bethi kufanele babeke eceleni ukubangisana kwabo no-Apple futhi yenza okulungile, nini abakakwenzi futhi abanqumi. Ngikholwa wukuthi, njengoba besho, kufanele benze okufanele, okuwukuma ohlangothini lwamakhasimende ngoba, phela, yithina esibaholayo futhi sibabeke lapho bekhona. Uma bengakwenzi, noma ngabe bathini, bazobe behlanganyele ne-FBI, futhi sonke siyazi ukuthi lelo cala lingagcina kuphela esithombeni engiphetha ngaso lesi sihloko:
Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi i-Apple iyikhasimende le-Samsung. Okufanele ukubheke yilokho okufunayo. Njengoba nje lapho amaphoyisa engena emzini wephekula futhi ehlola imibhalo esekhaya lakhe, kufanele kwenziwe okufanayo nangocingo oluphathekayo olungaba nemininingwane. Uma ungakwazi ngeselula yakho, akufanele uthathe amadokhumende asendlini ye- "baddie."
Lapha ngikukhumbuza ukuthi lowo okufanele futhi osevele unikeze umbono wakhe ngu-google, ongumdali we-android, obhekele ukuphepha kwensiza, i-Samsung ingeza kuphela ungqimba lokwenza ngokwezifiso kusixhumi esibonakalayo somsebenzisi Izinga futhi ukuthi uma ngisekela noma cha ngilahlekelwa ukufaneleka.