Amaya Toman Namuhla, sithatha i-iTunes njengengxenye yemvelo yamadivayisi wethu we-Apple. Ngesikhathi yethulwa, nokho, kwaba impumelelo ebaluleke kakhulu emkhakheni wezinsizakalo ezihlinzekwa yi-Apple. Esikhathini lapho kuvamile ukuthi abantu abaningi bathole okuqukethwe kwe-multimedia ngesitayela se-pirate, bekungaqinisekiswa ukuthi abasebenzisi bazosebenzisa i-iTunes ngezinga elifiselekayo. Ekugcineni, kwavela ukuthi ngisho nalesi sinyathelo esiyingozi sakhokha i-Apple, futhi i-iTunes ingagubha ukulandwa okumangalisayo kwezigidigidi eziyishumi engxenyeni yesibili kaFebhuwari 2010.
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I-iTunes yaphasa lesi sigameko esibalulekile ngoFebhuwari 23 - futhi umlando uze waqamba into yesikhumbuzo. Bekuyingoma ethi Guess Things Happen That Way yomculi waseMelika uJohnny Cash. Ingoma ilandwe ngumsebenzisi ogama lakhe lingu-Louie Sulcer wase-Woodstock, Georgia. U-Apple wayazi ukuthi uphawu lokulanda oluyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi lwalusondela, ngakho-ke yanquma ukukhuthaza abasebenzisi ukuthi balande ngokumemezela umncintiswano wekhadi lesipho le-iTunes Store lamadola ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Sulcer uphinde wathola ibhonasi ngendlela yocingo lomuntu siqu oluvela ku-Steve Jobs.
U-Louie Sulcer, ubaba wabantwana abathathu kanye nomkhulu wezingane eziyisishiyagalolunye, kamuva watshela iphephabhuku i-Rolling Stone ukuthi wayengazi ngempela ngalo mqhudelwano - usanda kulanda leli culo ukuze azenzele eyakhe ingoma yendodana yakhe. Ngakho-ke kuyaqondakala ukuthi lapho uSteve Jobs ngokwakhe emthinta ocingweni engamenyezelwa, uSulcer wayemanqikanqika ukukukholelwa: “Wangibiza wathi, ‘Lona nguSteve Jobs wase-Apple,’ ngathi, ‘Yebo, ngokuqinisekile,’” USulcer ukhumbula engxoxweni kaRolling Stone, wengeza ngokuthi indodana yakhe yayithanda ukwenza imigilingwane ebiza kuyo futhi izenze omunye umuntu. USulcer uqhubekile nokuhlupha Imisebenzi ngemibuzo yokuqinisekisa isikhashana ngaphambi kokuthi aqaphele ukuthi igama elithi "Apple" belikhanya esibukweni.
Izinyathelo ezibalulekile
Ukulandwa kwezigidigidi eziyishumi kwaba ingqophamlando ku-Apple ngoFebhuwari 2010, okwenza ngokusemthethweni iSitolo se-iTunes saba umthengisi omkhulu womculo we-inthanethi emhlabeni. Nokho, inkampani ingase ikholiseke ngokubaluleka nempumelelo yeSitolo se-iTunes maduze nje - ngoDisemba 15, 2003, ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili nje ngemva kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kweSitolo se-iTunes, i-Apple yaqopha ukulandwa kwezigidi ezingu-25. Kulokhu kwakusithi “Let It Snow! Ivumele iqhwa! Let it Snow!”, uKhisimusi wakudala odumile kaFrank Sinatra. Engxenyeni yokuqala kaJulayi 2004, i-Apple ingabungaza nokulandwa kwezigidi eziyi-100 ngaphakathi kweSitolo se-iTunes. Ucezu lwejubhili ngalesi sikhathi bekungu-"Somersault (Dangerouse remix)" ka-Zero 7. Owine inhlanhla kuleli cala kwakunguKevin Britten waseHays, Kansas, okwathi, ngaphezu kwekhadi lesipho ku-iTunes Store elibiza u-$10 kanye nocingo lomuntu siqu. evela ku-Steve Jobs, uphinde wawina i-PowerBook engama-intshi ayishumi nesikhombisa.
Namuhla, i-Apple ayisakhulumisani noma igubha esidlangalaleni izibalo zalolu hlobo. Akubanga kudala lapho inkampani yayeka ukukhipha idatha enanini lama-iPhones adayisiwe, kwathi lapho idlula ingqophamlando yamadivayisi ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane adayiswa kule ndawo, yavele yakusho kancane. Umphakathi nawo awusenalo ithuba lokufunda imininingwane ngokuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch, ku-Apple Music nakweminye imikhakha. I-Apple, ngamagama ayo, ibona lolu lwazi njengento ekhuthaza ukuncintisana futhi ifuna ukugxila kwezinye izinto esikhundleni sezinombolo.
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