Ondrej Holzman I-Apple ithe ngesikhathi isimemezelo sayo sakamuva semiphumela yezezimali ilindele ukuqedela ukuthengwa kwayo kwe-Beats Electronics phakathi nekota elandelayo, futhi manje isithathe esinye isinyathelo esiyimpumelelo. Ukutholwa kugunyazwe yiKhomishini YaseYurophu.
I-European Commission ithe isivumelwano sihlangabezana nayo yonke imithetho, yengeza ukuthi i-Apple ne-Beats ehlanganisiwe ayinaso isabelo esibalulekile embonini yokusakaza noma emakethe yama-headphone ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwabo kuzothinta ukuncintisana.
I-European Commission ngokuqondakalayo inesithakazelo emakethe yaseYurophu kuphela, lapho i-Apple/Beats iqhudelana nenani lemikhiqizo efana ne-Bose, i-Sennheiser ne-Sony emkhakheni wama-headphone. Izinsizakalo eziningi zokusakaza zisebenza futhi emhlabathini waseYurophu, isibonelo iSpotify, Deezer noma i-Rdio. I-European Commission kwakungadingeki ukuthi icabangele i-iTunes Radio ne-Beats Music, kuze kube manje kuphela esebenza ngaphandle kwe-Europe, futhi ngaleyo ndlela ukugunyazwa kokutholwa kwaba lula.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwakubalulekile ku-European Commission ukuthi i-Apple, ngokumunca i-Beats kanye nesevisi ye-Beats Music kusuka ku-App Store, ayisusi ezinye izinsizakalo ezifanayo zezinkampani zangaphandle, njenge-Spotify noma i-Rdio.
Wathenga amaBeats ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu wamemezela NgoMeyi, ngaphezu kwamahedfoni asebaluliwe kanye nenkonzo yokusakaza umculo, i-Apple iphinde yathola ukuqiniswa okubalulekile eqenjini layo ngendlela kaJimmy Iovino noDkt. Dre. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ayikanqobi ngokuphelele - ukutholwa kusafanele kuvunywe e-United States. Lokhu kulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke ezinyangeni ezizayo.
