I-Apple isivele inelinye ilungelo lobunikazi futhi kuleli cala lihlobene ngqo nento ebikade inamahemuhemu kulezi zinsuku ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwe-iPhone entsha naphambilini, futhi lokho kungaqhubeka nokuhletshwa emasontweni azayo, ukubonwa kobuso. Kulokhu singabona ukuthi ilungelo lobunikazi elibhalisiwe likhuluma ngokutholwa kobuso kwamanye amavidiyo esiwaqophe ngaphambilini ngekhamera yedivayisi, kulokhu i-iPhone. I-patent yile hlobene ne isibani seso Iyakwazi ukudala imephu evumela ukuqashelwa kobuso okugcwele.
I-Apple ingasebenzisa le patent kumadivayisi ayo amaningi, kufaka phakathi iMac noma i-iPad entsha, kepha okwamanje okucacile ukuthi basanda kufaka inzwa yeminwe kuma-Macs, ngakho-ke kufanele ubekezele kulokhu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, asikuboni ukusetshenziswa kokuqashelwa kobuso kungahambelani nenzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe, i-ID ye-Touch, ngakho-ke Asikholwa ukuthi enye izoshintshelwa enye, izomane ihambisane kudivayisi efanayo.
Akungabazeki ukuthi lapho sikhuluma ngamalungelo obunikazi ne-Apple, umcabango omuhle futhi omubi uza kithi ngasikhathi sinye, ngoba iningi lawo limane lingagcini ngokungenalutho noma ngemali yenkampani uma eminye imikhiqizo ifuna ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obunelungelo lobunikazi. Kunoma ikuphi, i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuba yinkampani enamalungelo obunikazi kakhulu phakathi kwezobuchwepheshe futhi lokhu kungasho njalo ukuthi ezinye zazo ziba ngokoqobo kumadivayisi azo, okungukuthi, kwesinye isikhathi sekwenzekile futhi asinqumi ukuthi lokhu mayelana nokwaziwa kobuso ngeke kukwenze, kepha kusukela ekubhalisweni kwelungelo lobunikazi kuya ekusetshenzisweni okungenzeka kuthathe isikhashana.