Izinyanga ezimbalwa, i-App Store isuse inombolo enkulu yezicelo nemidlalo etholakala eChina, ngokucela kukahulumeni wezwe. Ngokusho kwendatshana yakamuva ekhishwe ngu Wall Street Journal ngakho, ukuhlanzwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza nemidlalo Akuthinti kuphela ukusetshenziswa konjiniyela baseChina, kodwa futhi nezinye izinkampani zakwamanye amazwe, njenge-Tripadvisor.
Kuyo yonke le nyanga kaDisemba, i-Apple ithumele ukuxhumana okwehlukile konjiniyela baseChina, ibaxwayisa ngokuthi igagasi elisha lezicelo nemidlalo basengozini yokunyamalala ku-App Store, ngokuqhubeka nenqubo yokwengamela uhulumeni wezwe eqale ehlobo eledlule.
Njengoba kungafundwa esitatimendeni i-Apple esithumele konjiniyela, labo abahlinzeka ngohlobo oluthile lwezinhlelo zokusebenza ngokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo, kufaka phakathi imidlalo, kuze kube nguDisemba 31 ukwethula ilayisense enikezwa uhulumeni waseChina futhi lokho kubavumela ukuthi baqhubeke nokutholakala ku-Chinese App Store.
Sekuyiminyaka embalwa manje, uhulumeni waseChina ufune ukuthi yonke imidlalo yamavidiyo inikezwe ilayisense, okuyilayisense empeleni. ukuvunywa nguhulumeni. Yize lo mthetho waphasiswa eminyakeni eminingana eyedlule, kwaze kwaba maphakathi nonyaka lapho uhulumeni aqala khona ukusebenza ukuwusebenzisa.
Kepha, ngaphezu kwalokho, uhulumeni wezwe naye ucele i-Apple ukuthi susa izinhlelo zokusebenza ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 ukuthi kuze kube manje zazitholakala eChina, njengo-Tripadvisor, ngaphandle kwesizathu. Le ngosi ithi:
Ukuhlanzwa kwesitolo sohlelo lokusebenza kuza ngesikhathi iChina iqinisa imizamo yayo yokuphenya i-inthanethi yayo, iqinisa izilawuli zokuqukethwe kanye nokucwaninga, kufaka phakathi isidingo sokuthi iTripadvisor nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ezingaphezu kwekhulu zisuswe esitolo sezinhlelo zokusebenza. I-Apple ekhaya. I-China Cyberspace Administration ibize lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza ngokungemthetho ngaphandle kokuchaza amacala abakwaTripadvisor noma ezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza, iningi lawo elivela konjiniyela baseChina. UTraipadvisor wenqabile ukuphawula.
Ngokuya ngemininingwane yakamuva evela eSensor Tower, ngaphambi kokuthi kuqalwe ukuhlanzwa, iSitolo samaShayina samaShayina sasinemidlalo engama-272.000 etholakalayo, okungaphezulu kokungaphezulu kwayo I-94.000 inyamalale ezinyangeni eziyisithupha nje kuphela, isibalo esihlaba umxhwele ngempela uma siyiqhathanisa nenombolo yamageyimu esuswe ku-Chinese App Store ngo-2019: 25.000.
