Uma ubucabanga ukuthi ukushaywa kombani kwe-EU kwakuwukuphela kwakho, akunjalo. Ngemuva kwengcindezi enkulu evela ku-European Union nabanye ohulumeni emhlabeni jikelele, kubonakala sengathi i-Apple icabanga ukwenza izinguquko ezinkulu ku-iOS kanye ne-App Store. Ngakho-ke isistimu yokusebenza yeselula ye-Apple kufanele ivuleke nakakhulu ezinhlelweni zezinkampani zangaphandle, okuhlanganisa injini yesiphequluli ne-NFC.
Eminyakeni yamuva, i-Apple ikhulule kakhulu imikhawulo ku-iOS kulokho onjiniyela bezinkampani zangaphandle abangafinyelela kuzo. Isibonelo, izinhlelo zokusebenza manje zingakwazi ukuxhumana ne-Siri, zifunde omaka be-NFC, zinikeze amanye amakhibhodi, nokuningi. Noma kunjalo, kuseneminye imikhawulo eminingi engase iwe nge-iOS 17.
Ezinye izindlela ze-App Store
Bloomberg ibika ukuthi i-Apple kufanele ivumele maduze ezinye izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-iPhone ne-iPad. Lokhu, kunjalo, njengokusabela kumthethonqubo ozayo EU, lapho ezogwema isimiso esiqinile noma akhokhe izinhlawulo. Kungenzeka impela ukuthi ngonyaka ozayo sizofaka okuqukethwe kumakhalekhukhwini wethu we-Apple namathebulethi hhayi kuphela kusuka ku-App Store, kodwa futhi okuvela kwesinye isitolo noma ngokuqondile kuwebhusayithi yonjiniyela.
Kodwa kukhona impikiswano enkulu nxazonke. I-Apple izolahlekelwa ikhomishini yayo engu-30%, okungukuthi imali eningi ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi ikhasimende lizochayeka engozini yezokuphepha. Kodwa-ke, wonke umuntu uzokwazi ukukhetha ukuthi uzokhokha yini okwengeziwe ngokuvikeleka nobumfihlo.
I-RCS ku-iMessage
Umthetho ofanayo ubeka inani lezidingo ezintsha okufanele umnikazi wengxenyekazi yesoftware efana ne-Apple ahlangabezane nazo. Lezi zidingo zihlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukwesekwa okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla kwezitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle, kanye nokusebenzisana kwezinsizakalo ezifana ne-iMessage. Izinkampani, hhayi nje i-Apple (okuyinkinga enkulu), kuzodingeka "ivule futhi isebenze nezinkundla ezincane zemiyalezo."
Enye indlela engaba khona yokuhlangabezana nale mfuneko kungaba ukuthi i-Apple yamukele "Izinkonzo Zokuxhumana Ezicebile" noma indinganiso ye-RCS i-Google nezinye izinkundla esezivele ziyisekela. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple okwamanje ayikucabangi lokhu okungenzeka, ikakhulukazi ngoba i-iMessage ivalelwe kahle izimvu zayo esibayeni se-ecosystem. Kuzoba yimpi enkulu lapha. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, bambalwa abantu abakuthola kunzima ukufinyelela ku-WhatsApp, Messenger nezinye izinkundla ukuze baxhumane nalabo abangekho ku-iPhone kodwa abaku-Android.
API
Ngenxa yokukhathazeka mayelana nokujeziswa okungaba khona, i-Apple kuthiwa isebenzela ukwenza i-interfaces yayo yezinhlelo eziyimfihlo, eyaziwa nangokuthi ama-API, itholakale kubathuthukisi bezinkampani zangaphandle. Lokhu kuzoholela oshintshweni olukhulu endleleni i-iOS esebenza ngayo. Omunye wemikhawulo eyinhloko ongasuswa maduze uhlobene neziphequluli. Okwamanje, lonke uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-iOS kufanele lusebenzise i-WebKit, okuyinjini esebenzisa i-Safari.
Onjiniyela kufanele futhi babe nokufinyelela okwengeziwe ku-chip ye-NFC, lapho i-Apple isakwenqabela ukusetshenziswa kwalobu buchwepheshe ngokuphathelene nezinkundla zokukhokha ngaphandle kwe-Apple Pay. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele kube ukuvulwa okukhulu nakakhulu kwenethiwekhi ye-Thola, lapho i-Apple kuthiwa ithanda kakhulu i-AirTags yayo. Ngakho-ke akwanele futhi kuzothakazelisa ukubona ukuthi i-EU izokwenzani ukwenza abasebenzisi be-iPhone "babe ngcono".
Ngesaba ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi izinzuzo ze-iOS zikhona, kanjalo nokuvikeleka. Ngakho-ke umehluko uzoba kuphela endaweni yezithombe. Ngabe isiphetho esidabukisayo se-Apple njengoba sisazi? I-EU ikhohlakele ngempela...🤔
Ukungakwazi ukufinyelela i-NFC, ukungakwazi ukufinyelela i-Wi-Fi kuyizinzuzo? Iqiniso elincane elihlanekezelwe, akunjalo... Nginawo womabili amafoni futhi okuthile akusebenzi kuwo wonke umuntu ngenxa yokuthi "othile ucabanga" ukuthi umsebenzisi "akakudingi"... Eminye imithetho ivele yenze umqondo, ikakhulukazi uma kukhona i-duopoly :(