Njengoba nonke nazi, okunye ukwehluleka okukhulu kwe-Apple kuze kube manje amabalazwe ayo. Abasebenzisi abaningi bazamile ukuya kwezinye izindawo futhi sikuqinisekisile ngenhlanhla engaphezulu noma encane ukuthi amamephu e-Cupertino "ahluleka ukwedlula isibhamu sendawo engenacala." Kepha, empeleni, inkinga ayikho emabalazweni uqobo, kepha ngohlelo lwabo lokusesha.
Amamephu we-Apple unikezwa yiTomTom, inkampani yaseDashi ekhiqiza amasistimu wokuzulazula wezimoto, izithuthuthu namadivayisi eselula. Enye yezinkampani ezihamba phambili uma kukhulunywa ngamabalazwe wezithombe. Ngenhlanhla yawo wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi i-Apple njengoba abasebenzisi abaningi namanje bengawethembi amabalazwe e-apula elilonyiwe, inkampani eholwa nguTim Cook noTomTom ivuselele inkontileka yabo, ukuze amabalazwe akwa-Apple aqhubeke nokusebenzisa imininingwane evela kuTomTom kusicelo sayo seselula, ideskithophu ne-web version.
Njengoba kwenzeka okokuqala, ayikho imininingwane yokusebenza okuveziwe. Akwaziwa izindleko noma ukuthi isivumelwano sizohlala isikhathi esingakanani. Ngokubona ukuthi amamephu we-Apple abekhona cishe iminyaka eyi-3 manje, singacabanga ukuthi lesi sivumelwano sizoba nesikhathi esifanayo, kepha kumane nje kuyizinkolelo.
I-Apple ibambisene neTomTom ngo-2012, ngaphambi nje kokufaka amamephu abo futhi basusa yonke imikhondo yeGoogle Maps. Ngemuva konyaka, i-Apple yaletha amabalazwe ayo ku-OS X Mavericks. I-TomTom inikezela ngemininingwane yemephu kuphela, kepha ama-POI neminye imininingwane inikezwa yi-Yelp noma ukubhuka. Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi, lowo onqobayo kule nyunyana yiTomTom ngokusebenzisana nenkampani enkulu efana ne-Apple, kodwa, ngaphandle kwemali engenayo, labo abaphumelelayo ngabasebenzisi be-Apple Maps.
Yize kokubili lokhu kuvuselelwa nokutholwa kwakamuva kwe-Apple kuvumelana namamephu ayo, ngisaphuthelwa izindaba zokutholwa noma isivumelwano esisho ukusesha okuvela ekusetshenzisweni kwayo. Ngokusebenzisa amamephu e-TomTom nolwazi oluvela kumasevisi ahloniphekile, kimina kubonakala kuwukuhluleka okukhulu ukuthi asikutholi esikufunayo futhi, ekugcineni, simosha isikhathi kuphela.