Kubukeka sengathi iqembu labameli baka-Apple elisingatha amacala obunikazi alisebenzi ngendlela ebelisebenza ngayo kuze kube manje. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule labo abavela eCupertino balahlekelwe icala elibhekene neVirnetX ngokusetshenziswa kokuhlobene nokuphepha kwezokuxhumana kumanethiwekhi wangasese kokubili kuFaceTime nakuMessage, igweba i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe cishe ama- $ 600 million. Njengoba kubikiwe yiReuters, izolo ebusuku inkantolo yaseGerman ikhiphe isinqumo esimelene ne-Apple ngokusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi ahlobene nokusakazwa kwevidiyo, amalungelo obunikazi abhaliswe egameni le-OpenTV.
Icala lokuqala elatholwa yi-Apple maqondana nokusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi ahlobene nokusakazwa kwevidiyo lisukela ngonyaka we-2014, lapho Abakwa-OpenTv bathi lobu buchwepheshe obuphathelene negama labo babusetshenziswa ku-iOS, OS X, iAds, Apple TV, App Store naku-iTunes. Imininingwane ethize nenhlawulo engaba khona ku-Apple ayikaputshuki. Esikwaziyo ukuthi inkantolo yaseDusseldorf iqinisekisa ukuthi amadivayisi athengiswa yi-Apple awakwazi ukusebenzisa isoftware esetshenziselwa ukusakaza njengoba igama le-OpenTV linelungelo lobunikazi.
Ngokushesha i-Apple isho ukuthi izosidlulisa isinqumo senkantolo, yize kunjalo kulesi sigwebo ijaji eliphethe ukuyisa leli calaisayine ukuthi isimangalo se-OpenTV sifakazelwe futhi kwaxoxwa ngaso ngaphandle kokudala ukungabaza. Kepha lesi akusiso ukuphela kwesivivinyo i-Apple ne-OpenTV ababhekene naso, kepha futhi banesinye isilingo esilindile e-United States. Icala ligxile kumalungelo obunikazi afanayo asetshenziswa i-Apple ngokungemthetho, ngaphandle kokungena ebhokisini.