UFiliphu Novotny I-US Federal Trade Commission ihlawulise i-Google u-$22,5 wezigidi ngokungathobeli izilungiselelo zokuphepha zesiphequluli se-Safari. Izilungiselelo zomsebenzisi zidlulwa ukuze uthole ukuqondiswa okungcono kwezikhangiso kumadivayisi e-Mac ne-iOS.
NgoFebhuwari walo nyaka, iphephandaba laseMelika laba ngelokuqala ukubika ngemikhuba engalungile yakwaGoogle Wall Street Journal. Udonse ukunaka eqinisweni lokuthi umdondoshiya wokukhangisa waseMelika akazihloniphi izilungiselelo ezizenzakalelayo zesiphequluli seSafari, kokubili ku-OS X naku-iOS. Ngokucacile, lokhu ukungqubuzana okuphathelene namakhukhi amawebhusayithi angawagcina kumakhompyutha abasebenzisi ukuze adale iseshini edingekayo ukuze ama-akhawunti omsebenzisi asebenze, alondoloze izilungiselelo ezihlukahlukene, aqaphe ukuziphatha kwezivakashi ngenjongo yokukhomba ukukhangisa, njll. Ngokungafani nomncintiswano, isiphequluli se-Apple asivumeli wonke amakhukhi, kodwa kuphela lawo okugcinwa kwawo kuqalwa ngumsebenzisi ngokwakhe. Angakwenza lokhu, ngokwesibonelo, ngokungena ku-akhawunti yakhe, ukuthumela ifomu, njalonjalo. Ngokuzenzakalelayo, i-Safari ivimba amakhukhi "ezinkampanini zangaphandle nezinkampani zokukhangisa" njengengxenye yokuphepha kwayo.
Noma kunjalo, i-Google yanquma ukungazihloniphi izilungiselelo zabasebenzisi, ngokusobala ngenhloso yokunikeza kangcono ukukhangisa okuhlosiwe ngenethiwekhi yayo. DoubleClick futhi kumapulatifomu e-OS X ne-iOS. Empeleni, kubukeke kanje: I-Google ifake ikhodi ekhasini lewebhu lapho isikhangiso sizobekwa khona, elithumele ngokuzenzakalelayo ifomu elingenalutho elingabonakali ngemva kokubona isiphequluli se-Safari. Isiphequluli (ngephutha) siqonde lokhu njengesenzo somsebenzisi futhi ngaleyo ndlela savumela iseva ukuthi ithumele eyokuqala yochungechunge lwamakhukhi kukhompuyutha yasendaweni. Ephendula izinsolo ze-Wall Street Journal, i-Google iziphendulele ngokuthi amakhukhi ashiwo ikakhulukazi aqukethe ulwazi mayelana nokungena ku-akhawunti ye-Google+ futhi avumela okuqukethwe okuhlukahlukene ukuthi kunikezwe "+1". Kodwa-ke, kungabonakala ngo-100% ukuthi amafayela agcinwe kumakhompyutha abasebenzisi aqukethe idatha esetshenziswa i-Google ukuze iqondise ukukhangisa kubasebenzisi ngabanye futhi ilandelele ukuziphatha kwabo. Noma bekungeyona indlela yokuqinisa inethiwekhi yezokukhangisa kanye nokunyusa amaholo, kuseyindaba yokweqa imithetho nokushaya indiva izifiso zekhasimende, okuyinto engeke ingajeziswa.
I-US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), eyalusukumela lolu daba ngemuva kwezikhalo zomphakathi, yaqhamuka necala elinzima nakakhulu. Ekhasini elikhethekile i-Google elikuvumela kulo ukuthi uvale amakhukhi okulandelela, kwashiwo ukuthi abasebenzisi besiphequluli se-Safari bakhishwa ngokuzenzakalelayo ekulandeleni ngokuzenzakalelayo futhi abadingi ukuthatha ezinye izinyathelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iKhomishana ike yaxwayisa i-Google ngenhlawulo engase ibe khona uma kwenzeka kwephulwa ukuphepha kwabasebenzisi bayo. Ekuthetheleleni inhlawulo, ngakho-ke i-FTC ithi "inhlawulo engokomlando yezigidi ezingu-22,5 zamaRandi iyikhambi elizwakalayo lezinsolo zokuthi i-Google yephule umyalo wekhomishana ngokukhohlisa abasebenzisi be-Safari mayelana nokuphuma ekukhangiseni okuhlosiwe." Ikhomishini yase-US, eyokuthi i-Google izoyithobela yini imithetho yayo. “Sikholelwa kakhulu ukuthi ijubane lokukhishwa kwenhlawulo yezigidi ezingamashumi amabili nambili lizosiza ekuqinisekiseni ukulandelwa komthetho esikhathini esizayo. Enkampanini enkulu njengo-Google, singase sibheke noma iyiphi inhlawulo ephezulu njengenganele.”
Ngakho-ke kuwumyalezo ezinkampanini inhlangano kahulumeni ewuthumele ngokushesha ngesenzo sayo. "I-Google nezinye izinkampani ezithole izexwayiso ezivela kithi zizobe zigadwe ngeso lokhozi, futhi ikhomishana izophendula ngokushesha futhi ngamandla ezenzweni zokwephulwa kwemithetho ye-Wall Street Journal, umdondoshiya wezokukhangisa waseMelika uzobuyisela isamba semali engu-22,5 million dollars." emahoreni ambalwa nje . Kodwa ngesitatimende sayo, ikhomishana yavula umnyango wenhlawulo eyengeziwe, kungaba eye-Google noma ezinye izinkampani ezingazama ukungawunaki umyalo we-FTC.
Inhlawulo enjalo kufanele ibe izigidigidi zenkampani efana ne-Google, akekho umuntu ojwayelekile okufanele amqondise kahle... Ngingabahlawulisa inani elilinganiselwe lemali etholwayo edalwe yilokhu kukhwabanisa.