I-Apple ivumela abasebenzisi ngezifiso amadivayisi akho ngokurekhoda igama, ibinzana, inombolo… Isevisi engaphansi kochungechunge lwemigomo inkampani engayivumeli. Endabeni yeChina, inani lamagama angasetshenziswa alincikile ku-Apple kuphela, kepha nakuhulumeni waseChina.
Njengoba kushiwo kusuka ku- I-Citizen Lab, inani lemigomo ehlisiwe engakwazi ukurekhodwa kumadivayisi we-Apple iye yathunyelwa kancane kancane eTaiwan naseHong Kong. Ngokwalolu cwaningo, inani lamagama i-Apple engakwazi ukuwaqopha kumadivayisi athengisa eChina, ayi-1.105.
Iningi lamagama ahlolwe lisebenza kumadivayisi athengiswa yi-Apple ezweni lase China. I-Apple ayikwazi ukusebenzisa amagama ezepolitiki, okuqukethwe kocansi okucacile, amagama anenhlamba ngaphezu kwemigomo ehlolwe emazweni amaningi.
Ama-43% wamagama acutshunguliwe, ama-458, abhekisa ku- uhlelo lwezepolitiki lwezwe, iqembu lamaKhomanisi eliphethe, izikhulu eziphezulu zeQembu lamaKhomanisi noma uhulumeni kanye nabaphikisi. Kulawo magama angama-458, angu-174 ayasetshenziswa naseHong Kong ngenkathi eseTaiwan, angama-29 kuphela awo asolwayo.
ICitizen Lab ithi imibhalo yomphakathi ehlobene nokuvinjelwa kwe-Apple ungachazi ukuthi amagama angukhiye afakiwe anqunywa kanjani, okuphakamisa ukuthi i-Apple kungenzeka yeqe izibopho zayo ezisemthethweni ezwenikazi iChina naseHong Kong, lapho ukucwaninga kungalawulwa ngumthetho.
UJane Horvath, ophethe ezobuchwepheshe kwa-Apple, uthumele incwadi kuCitizen Lab lapho eqinisekisa khona lesi sikhondlakhondla sobuchwepheshe ayivumeli izicelo zokuqoshwa ezithathwa njengezingekho emthethweni ngokwemithetho yendawo, imithetho kanye nemithethonqubo yamazwe nezifunda.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithi i-Apple ilawula ukuqoshwa ngokuzimela ezweni ngalinye nokuthi alukho uhlu lomhlaba wonke oluqukethe iqoqo elilodwa lamagama noma imigomo nokuthi amaqembu abo abukeza imithetho yendawo ngokwenza uhlolo lokuzwela ngamasiko.