Tomas Chlebek Imithombo engaziwa esondelene nenkinga kuleli sonto kumenyezelwe umagazini CRN, ukuthi i-Apple yenze isivumelwano esingadalulwanga kodwa esibalulekile ne-Google. Le mpumelelo ye-Google njengomhlinzeki wesitoreji samafu iyaxhuma ukuze uphumelele ngenkontileka ne-Spotify, ayisayine ngenyanga edlule.
Bekwaziwa (ngokungekho emthethweni) kusukela ngo-2011 ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yezinsizakalo zamafu ze-Apple zihlinzekwa yi-Amazon Web Services kanye ne-Microsoft Azure, futhi okwamanje abahlinzeki ababili abakhulu embonini. I-Google Cloud Platform ingeyesithathu, kodwa izama ukuthuthukisa isikhundla sayo ngokuncintisana ngentengo kanye nekhwalithi.
Inkontileka ne-Apple, okuthiwa itshala imali ephakathi kuka-400 no-600 wezigidi zamaRandi (cishe phakathi kwe-9,5 ne-14 yezigidigidi zama-crown) efwini le-Google, ingayisiza kakhulu ukuthi ithole isikhundla esiqinile emakethe. I-Apple kuze kube manje isikhokhele i-Amazon Web Services ibhiliyoni lamadola ngonyaka, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi le mali manje izoncishiswa ngokuvuna inkampani, ngezinye izindlela engumbangi omkhulu womenzi we-iPhone.
Kodwa i-Apple ayifuni ukuthembela kuphela ezinsizeni ze-Amazon, Microsoft ne-Google. Njengamanje inweba isikhungo sayo sedatha e-Prineville, Oregon, USA, futhi yakha ezintsha e-Ireland, Denmark, Reno, Nevada, nase-Arizona. Isikhungo sedatha sase-Arizona sizoba "ikomkhulu" lenethiwekhi yedatha ye-Apple futhi kuthiwa ingenye yezimali zayo ezinkulu kakhulu. I-Apple okwamanje itshala amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3,9 (cishe imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-93) ekwandiseni izikhungo zayo zedatha.
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