NgoDisemba 2017 saxoxa ekuthengeni okungenzeka kukaShazam yi-Apple. Ukutholwa kwe-Apple kwenkampani enjalo kudinga imvume yangaphambilini ye-European Union.
IShazam yiyona nkundla eyaziwayo yokuqashelwa kwengoma yaseBrithani. Ngaphandle kokuba yi-Apple okwamanje, isivele ihlanganiswe nezinsizakalo ze-Apple, njenge-Apple Music ne-Siri.
Asazi ukuthi yiziphi izinhloso ze-Apple ngalokhu kuthenga. Ingagcina uShazam enjalo, kepha isebenzise wonke amandla ayo ukuthuthukisa i-Apple Music. Ungayithenga futhi uyiguqule ibe ngumkhiqizo we-Apple, njengoba ubuvele wenza ngeBeats Music. Noma, mhlawumbe, vele uvimbele ukuncintisana okufana neSpotify, Google noma iDeezer ekukusebenziseni, ngoba iShazam ikuvumela ukuthi udlale noma uthenge izingoma ezitholwe kuzingxenyekazi ezahlukahlukene, njengeSpotify noma i-Apple Music.
Futhi leli phuzu lokugcina yilo elikhathaza kakhulu i-European Commission kanye ne-Directorate-General for Competition, okuyi Kufanele ukuvumele ukuthenga inqobo nje uma kungalimazi izakhamizi zaseYurophu. Ngamanye amagama, inzuzo ye-Apple yezentengiselwano ayinakuba ngokususa izinketho nezinzuzo esivele sinazo. Kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi ikhomishini efanayo yavumela ukuthengwa kweWhatsApp kuFacebook, ngakho konke kungaba njalo.
Manje AbakwaReuters basitshela ukuthi isivumelwano sokuthenga sesicishe siphele futhi ngemvume egcwele yeKhomishini yaseYurophu, ngokusho kwemithombo esondelene nalolu daba. Futhi, lapho nje uSepthemba 18, isivumelwano singavalwa.
Inani elilinganisiwe elizokhokhwa yi-Apple ngama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-400 ngokusho kweTechCrunch, yize kwakukhulunywa nge-trillion dollars (i-1000 million).
I-Apple ithenga izinkampani eziningi zezithunzi, kodwa Ukutholwa kukaShazam kunikeza okuthile okuzokhulunywa ngakho futhi ngokuqinisekile nomncintiswano, noma ngabe iKhomishini yaseYurophu ibheka kangakanani ukuthi konke kulungile, akubonakali kulungile.