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Isimo sokungqubuzana kweRussia-Ukrainian siye sashuba kakhulu. UMongameli waseMelika uJoe Biden uthe iRussia kuphela enecala lokufa nokucekelwa phansi kwale ngxabano, nokuthi i-US kanye nabalingani bayo bazophendula. Bese kuba khona i-Apple, inkampani yaseMelika. Vele, kukhona ama-iPhones lapha kuphela emgqeni wokugcina, ngoba empini, isibalo sezimpilo, hhayi izingcezu ze-elekthronikhi ezithengiswayo. Nokho, ake sibone ukuthi lokhu kusho ukuthini kule nkampani. 

Ukraine 

Nakuba i-Apple ingenayo i-Apple Store yayo e-Ukraine, ngezinga elithile ezweni udalula, noma okungenani wazama. Ilokhu yengeza kancane i-Ukraine ezinhlelweni zayo zokusebenza namawebhusayithi, kwathi ngoJulayi 2020 yabhalisa inkampani i-Apple Ukraine. Uphinde wakhangisa ngezikhala zezikhala, nakuba inkampani ingazange iqinisekise noma iliphike iqiniso ngokuthi ihlose ukungena emakethe lapho (impela bekunokuqagela nge-Apple Store). Sikubona ngendlela efanayo ezweni lakithi, lapho kubhalwe izicelo ezahlukahlukene zezikhala, kodwa asinalo ulwazi oluningiliziwe (ngaphandle kokuthi kufanele kube mayelana nesimo esizungeze i-Czech Siri).

Njengoba i-Apple yayingenaso ngisho nesikhungo sesevisi esisemthethweni e-Ukraine, abasebenzisi bendawo balungisa amadivaysi abo ezinsizeni ezingekho emthethweni, okwakungathembeki ngaso sonke isikhathi. NgoMashi wonyaka odlule, i-Apple yamemezela ukuthi izosebenzisana nezitolo zokulungisa zase-Ukraine futhi izohlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezingekho emthethweni ngezingxenye zayo zangempela namathuluzi abawadingayo ukulungisa imishini yenkampani. Kuphinde kwakhulunywa ngegatsha lenkampani, elingalawula izitolo ngqo.

Ekupheleni konyaka odlule ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Ministry of Digital Transformation yase-Ukraine, i-Apple Inc. yaphetha kanye ne-Apple Ukraine isivumelwano, ngqo phambi kukaMongameli Volodymyr Zelensky, ukuthi inkampani izosiza izwe ukuchaza amaphrojekthi abalulekile endleleni eya ezinsizeni "ezingenamaphepha". Lokhu ikakhulukazi mayelana nokubalwa kwabantu okuhleliwe, okuzokwenzeka ngo-2023. I-Ukraine izoba yizwe lesibili kuphela lapho ukubambisana okunjalo kuzokwenzeka, ngemva kwe-USA, kunjalo. Kodwa futhi bekufanele kukhuphule izinga lokufunda ngedijithali phakathi kwezakhamizi. 

Asibona ososayensi bezombangazwe ukuthi bacabangele izenzo zase-US mayelana nokungqubuzana, futhi vele asazi ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo ezingenziwa yi-Apple. Kodwa-ke, uma kunikezwe izindaba ezicindezelayo, zingafaka isandla ekusizeni nasekubuyiseleni izwe, okungukuthi i-Ukraine. Lokhu kuwumkhuba ojwayelekile enkampanini, njengoba benza kanjalo ngemuva kwabacekeli phansi izinhlekelele zemvelo. Kodwa iyona kanye inkinga. Lokhu kumayelana nepolitiki. Njengoba kunikezwe ukubandakanyeka kwesevisi okukhulunywe ngenhla, i-Apple ingase futhi ixhase ukulungiswa kwesevisi lapha.

Russia 

Ngezinyathelo zayo zokusekela i-Ukraine, i-Apple ingaphikisa izikhulu zaseRussia futhi ingakhubeka kule makethe, lapho ithola khona inzuzo enkulu. Nakuba inganikezi i-Apple Store yayo lapha, izama ukubandakanyeka ngangokunokwenzeka lapha, ngakho-ke ibekezelela imithethonqubo ehlukahlukene evela ohlangothini lwaseRussia. Kumele kushiwo ukuthi iRussia ngokwayo ayihlangene ne-Apple, ngoba ilungile umusi omuhle ngokuhlukunyezwa kwemakethe yohlelo lokusebenza. Bobabili i-Apple ne-Google baphinde basusa izinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula ezixhunywe nomgxeki wase-Kremlin oboshiwe u-Alexei Navalny ezitolo zabo ze-inthanethi ngonyaka odlule ngosuku lokhetho lukazwelonke ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi babo baseRussia besatshiswa ngokubhadla ejele uma izicelo zikahulumeni zenqatshwa.

i-ruble

Kodwa “okuthakazelisayo” kakhulu ukuthi iRussia iyalele izinkampani ezisebenza kuleliya lizwe ukuthi zivule amahhovisi azo lapha. Bebenakho kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka odlule, futhi noma ngabe i-Apple ingaphumelelanga, wakwenza ngoFebhuwari 4. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kube yinkampani yokuqala ukuhlangabezana nale mithetho ye-Kremlin. Kodwa manje, uma ethatha uhlangothi lwe-Ukraine, ubeka abasebenzi bakhe engozini engase ibe khona. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi i-Apple ngokwayo inganquma ukuduba imakethe yaseRussia, kodwa maningi amathuba okuthi uhulumeni waseMelika uyale ukuba yenze njalo. 

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