Impikiswano phakathi kwe-Apple ne-FBI kwakuyindaba eyayibeka ukuqala kuka-2016, kepha kubonakala sengathi enye impikiswano izoba ngumlingisi ophambili wasehlobo: I-Spotify vs. UManzana. Izolo, umholi ongenakuphikiswa womculo osakazayo uthumele incwadi (yomphakathi) ku-Apple lapho abekhala khona ngoba benqabe ukuvuselelwa kwayo kwakamuva, bethi abakwaCupertino bakwenzele ukulimaza umncintiswano futhi bathande nomsebenzi wabo, kepha impendulo ka-Apple ayikaze kade ukufika.
Ummeli we-Apple uBruce Sewell uphethe phendula ku-Spotify ngencwadi yamakhasi amathathu lapho asola khona iSpotify ngokukhuluma "ngamahemuhemu namaqiniso ayingxenye", ebe ebakhumbuza ukuthi basebenzise i-App Store selokhu kwethulwe isicelo sabo se-iOS ngo-2009.
U-Spotify ukhuluma "ngamahemuhemu namaqiniso ayingxenye"
Akungabazeki ukuthi i-Spotify izuze kakhulu ekusebenzisaneni kwayo ne-Apple App Store. Kusukela wajoyina i-App Store ngo-2009, ipulatifomu yakwa-Apple iholele ekulandweni okungaphezulu kwezigidi eziyi-160 zohlelo lwakho lokusebenza, okuholele emakhulwini ezigidi zamadola kumali engenayo yeSpotify. Kungaleso sizathu-ke lapho sibona inkinga lapho ucela okwehlukile emithethweni esiyisebenzisa kubo bonke abathuthukisi futhi uphendukela esidlangalaleni kumahemuhemu namaqiniso ayisigamu ngomsebenzi wethu.
Kepha into ethakazelisa kakhulu ngencwadi ka-Apple eya kuSpotify ukuthi bayabakhumbuza lokho zilethile izibuyekezo ezimbili lokho kwephula imithetho okuvela ku-App Store:
Ngesikhathi sezingxoxo eziningi phakathi kwethimba lethu ne-Spotify, sichaze ukuthi kungani lesi sici sokungena ngemvume singahlangabezani nemihlahlandlela yethu futhi sakucela ukuthi uphinde uthumele inguqulo yohlelo lokusebenza ehlangabezana nazo. NgoJuni 10, uSpotify ukhiphe olunye uhlelo lokusebenza olubuye lwafaka isici sokungena ngemvume esiqondisa amakhasimende e-App Store ukuthi athumele ikheli le-imeyili ukuze bakwazi ukuthintwa yiSpotify ngqo emzameni oqhubekayo wokudlula imihlahlandlela yethu. Uhlelo lokusebenza lweSpotify luye lwenqatshwa futhi ngokuzama ukugwema imihlahlandlela yokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo hhayi, njengoba usho, ngoba iSpotify ifuna ukuxhumana namakhasimende ayo.
Futhi uma ngaphambi kokuthi ngithi into ethakazelisa kakhulu ngale ncwadi kwaba lapho bekhumbula ukuthi baletha izinhlobo ezimbili ezephula imithetho ye-App Store, mhlawumbe ngangisho namaqiniso ayingxenye. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu yilokho okubonakala kimi njengokuwusongo olumboziwe ukuthi bazothatha umhlalaphansi kuhlobo lwesicelo, bebakhumbuza ukuthi inguqulo okwamanje eku-App Store nayo yephula imithetho:
Ngokwalokho engikubonayo, uhlelo lokusebenza lweSpotify okwamanje ku-App Store lusaphula izinkombandlela zethu. Ngingajabula ukwenza ukubuyekeza okusheshayo nokuvunywa kohlelo lwakho lokusebenza ngemuva nje kokuthi usinikeze okuthile okuhambisana nemithetho ye-App Store.
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