Ezinyangeni ezedlule sibona ukuthi abafana baseCupertino baba kanjani nenkinga eyinqaba ngomunye wemithombo yabo eyinhloko yemali engenayo: i-App Store. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule uhulumeni waseChina ufune ukuthi i-Apple isuse ku-App Store zonke lezo zinhlelo zokusebenza ze-VPN Abazange bahambisane nezidingo zomthetho omusha ayemukele.
Kepha i-Apple ayibhekene nezinkinga ezikude nemingcele yayo kuphela, kodwa futhi kufanele ihambisane nezidingo zikahulumeni wayo. Ngokusho kweThe New York Times, i-Apple isusa ku-App Store inombolo enkulu yezicelo ezivela kubathuthukisi base-Iranian abathobela izidingo zesigwebo sikahulumeni waseMelika.
I-Apple ayinikeli ngemikhiqizo yayo e-Iran. Asikho futhi i-App Store, kodwa ezweni kunabasebenzisi abayizigidi eziningana be-iPhone, abathole amadivayisi abo eDubai noma eHong Kong, lapho benama-akhawunti abo ukufaka izinhlelo ku-iPhone. Inani elikhulu lonjiniyela abakha izinhlelo zokusebenza e-Iran, banikela okufanayo nakwezinye Izitolo ze-Apple, kepha kubonakala sengathi kunjalo akusona isizathu esanele ukuthi i-Apple ihloniphe uhlelo lokusebenza.
Njengoba sifunda kuThe New York Times, izicelo zokulethwa kokudla, ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo, izinsizakalo kanye nanoma yiluphi uhlelo lokusebenza olwenziwe ngunjiniyela wase-Iran lunyamalele kuzo zonke izitolo ze-App. Bonke abathuthukisi abathintwe yilesi sinqumo bathole i-imeyili, lapho baziswa khona ukuhoxiswa kwesicelo sayo ngenxa yokujeziswa kukahulumeni waseMelika ezweni.
Okhulumela inkampani usiqinisekisile leso sinqumo, kodwa unqabile ukuphawula ngalolu daba. Konke kuqale ngoJanuwari, lapho i-Apple iqala ukususa izinhlelo zokusebenza ku-App Store. NgoFebhuwari, abakwa-Apple bakhipha zonke izindlela zokukhokha ezitholakala ezinhlelweni ezazisatholakala. Ukujeziswa okusha kukahulumeni waseMelika e-Iran kuhlobene nezinqumo zakamuva uMengameli uDonald Trump azithathe ezinyangeni ezedlule.
