Ezikhathini eziningi esikhulume ngazo inani elikhulu lobunikazi elifakwa yi-Apple minyaka yonke. Lawa malungelo obunikazi awasho ukuthi azoba yingxenye yethuluzi esikhathini esifushane, kodwa kunalokho ukuthi isizathu esikhulu ukuzivikela ezinkampanini ezivela eceleni ezifuna ukusebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe ngaphandle kokudlula kuqala ebhokisini.
I-Samsung, i-Apple, iMicrosoft ... zonke izinkampani ezinkulu kuwo wonke umlando wazo zibe nenkinga yokusebenzisa amalungelo obunikazi ngaphandle kokuhlola ngaphambilini. Ngaphandle kokuqhubeka, sinecala lakamuva kakhulu le-Apple elibhekene nenkampani yaseSweden i-Ericsson, lapho I-Apple iyalelwe ukuthi ikhokhe iphesenti yokuthengiswa kwawo wonke ama-iPhones athengisiwe kuze kube manje ukusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi e-2G, 3G ne-4G / LTE aphethwe yi-Ericsson.
I-Apple isiphinde futhi yaba sezingeni lobulungiswa, kulokhu yinkampani yaseVirnetX emangalela abafana abasuselwa eCupertino isamba semali engama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-532 yokusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi ngaphandle kwenkokhelo ehambisanayo. Inkampani iqinisekile ukuthi I-Apple isebenzise amalungelo obunikazi ahlobene nokuphepha kwezokuxhumana kumanethiwekhi angasese ku-FaceTime naku-iMessage ngaphandle kwemvume yakho.
Ngo-2012, uVirnetX wawina elinye icala elibhekene ne-Apple lapho i-Apple yasolwa ngokusebenzisa amalungelo obunikazi amane ngaphandle kwemvume yabo kubuchwepheshe obusetshenziswe kuFaceTime egxeka ukukhokhela inkampani imali eyizigidi ezingama-368. Kodwa ekugcineni lesi sinqumo sachithwa lapho kudluliswa icala futhi kwaqondiswa ukuqulwa kwecala elisha. Kulesi senzakalo i-VirnetX iqinisekisa ukuthi isizukulwane samanje semikhiqizo ye-Apple siyaqhubeka nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obufanayo, ngakho-ke inani lemfuno entsha lifinyelela kuma-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-532.
IVirnetX yehlulekile ukuthengisa imikhiqizo yayo emakethe ngakho-ke imali eyenzayo namuhla ingenxa yamalungelo obunikazi asetshenziswa yizinkampani. Ngo-2010 inkampani yakwazi ukuthola izigidi ezingama-200 kwaMicrosoft kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngo-2014, yabuya yathola izigidi ezingama-23 kubafana ababezinze eRedmond.