Adam Kos UMongameli wase-US uJoe Biden uhlela ukuhambisa isiphakamiso ku-US Federal Trade Commission ukuze kwakhe imithetho emisha ngemithetho yokulungisa ezothinta zonke izinkampani zobuchwepheshe, kuhlanganise ne-Apple, kunjalo. Futhi ngamandla impela. Ufuna ukuvimbela izinkampani ekunqumeni ukuthi abathengi bangalungisa kuphi imishini yabo nalapho bengeke balungise khona.
Imithetho emisha izovimbela abakhiqizi ekukhawuleleni izinketho zabasebenzisi lapho bengathola khona ukulungiswa kwemishini yabo. Okusho ukuthi, esimweni sika-Apple kuye, izitolo ze-APR noma ezinye izinsizakalo ezigunyazwe nguye. Ngakho-ke, kungasho ukuthi ungathola i-iPhone, i-iPad, i-Mac yakho nanoma iyiphi enye idivayisi ilungiswe kunoma yiziphi izitolo zokulungisa ezizimele noma uwedwa ngaphandle kokunciphisa izici namandla edivayisi njengomphumela. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Apple izokunikeza lonke ulwazi oludingekayo.
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Pavel Jelic Nencwadi esemthethweni esandleni
Ngokomlando, izifundazwe ezimbalwa zase-US zihlongoze uhlobo oluthile lokuchitshiyelwa olunquma umthetho wokulungisa, kodwa i-Apple ibilokhu iphikisana nayo. Uthi ukuvumela izitolo zokulungisa ezizimele ukuthi zisebenze kumadivayisi e-Apple ngaphandle kokugadwa okufanele kuzoholela ezinkingeni zokuphepha, ukuphepha kanye nekhwalithi yomkhiqizo. Kodwa lokhu mhlawumbe kuwumbono oyinqaba wakhe, ngoba ingxenye yomthetho izophinde ibe ukukhululwa kwezincwadi ezidingekayo ukuze kulungiswe yonke imikhiqizo.
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Njengoba amazwi okuqala ahlobene nomthethonqubo omusha wokulungisa eqala ukusabalala, i-Apple (ngokungalindelekile futhi ikakhulukazi i-alibisically) yethula uhlelo lokulungisa oluzimele lomhlaba wonke, olwenzelwe ukuhlinzeka ngezingxenye zangempela, amathuluzi adingekayo, izincwadi zokulungisa ukulungisa izitolo ezingagunyaziwe inkampani kanye nokuxilonga ukwenza ukulungiswa kwewaranti kumadivayisi we-Apple. Kodwa iningi lakhala ngokuthi uhlelo ngokwalo lulinganiselwe kakhulu ngokuthi nakuba isevisi ingase ingaqinisekisiwe, uchwepheshe owenza ukulungisa (okutholakalayo njengengxenye yohlelo lwamahhala).
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UBiden kulindeleke ukuthi ethule isiphakamiso sakhe ezinsukwini ezizayo, njengoba umeluleki wezomnotho eWhite House uBrian Deese esekhulume ngakho ngoLwesihlanu, Julayi 2. Uthe bekumele kugqugquzele "ukuncintisana okwengeziwe emnothweni" kanye nezindleko eziphansi zokulungisa imindeni yaseMelika. Kodwa-ke, lesi simo asikhathazi i-USA kuphela, ngoba ngisho naku IYurophu yabhekana nalokhu kakade ngoNovemba wonyaka odlule, nakuba ngendlela ehlukile, ngokubonisa amaphuzu okulungisa emaphaketheni omkhiqizo.
