I-Apple kunye noGoogle banesabelo esikhulu semarike kwiinkqubo zokusebenza, iivenkile zeapp kunye nezikhangeli e-UK. Oko kuthetha ukuba igunya lemarike yelizwe emva kophando olutsha.
"Ukubamba intsimbi kwizixhobo eziphathwayo," kutsho i-Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) malunga nesikhundla se-tech giants. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, igunya liqalise uphando ngempembelelo ye-Apple kunye neGoogle kwimarike yaseBritane yeenkqubo zokusebenza, iivenkile zeapp kunye neziphequluli. Isiphumo sigxininisa ukuba imibutho iyongamele.
Yonke i-smartphone isebenza kwi-iOS okanye i-Android. Ipesenti ye-95 yazo zonke ii-apps ze-smartphone zakhutshelwa kwi-App Store okanye kwi-Play Store. Ipesenti ye-90 yetrafikhi yesiphequluli yahamba ngeSafari kunye neChrome.
“Nabani na othenga isixhobo esiphathwayo uphelela kwiApple okanye kuGoogle ecosystem. Kuphela ngabo bamisela ukuba kunikelwa njani umxholo we-intanethi, ”utshilo isithethi se-CMA. Igunya liyifumana ixhalabile. Abahlali base-UK banokuba semngciphekweni wamaxabiso aphezulu ngokungafanelekanga kwiifowuni kunye nee-apps. Akukho ndawo yezinto ezintsha ezivela kwabanye ababoneleli.
Nangona uphando lunempembelelo kubenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo wase-UK kunye namagosa karhulumente, impembelelo yalo ngqo ilinganiselwe. I-CMA inelungelo lokuwisa izohlwayo kwiinkampani nakubantu abaphula imithetho yokhuphiswano. I-Apple kunye neGoogle aziphuli. Ngoko ke iCMA inethemba lokwandisa iinqobo zokugweba.
Ngelixa elizayo
Unyango olugqibeleleyo, igunya lathi, ngumthetho oyilwayo ngoku oqwalaselwa ngurhulumente wase-Bhritane. Ukuba urhulumente uyawavuma lo mthetho uyilwayo, i-CMA iya kufumana ithuba lokubeka iinkampani ezithile zobuchwepheshe kudidi olutsha lomthetho. Udidi lwenza kube lula ukuqulunqa imisebenzi ethile yoshishino ngemithetho emitsha. I-CMA icace gca malunga nenjongo yayo yokuzisa i-Apple kunye neGoogle kudidi. Ukusuka apho, isiluleko sakhe sangoku sinokubonakaliswa kwimimiselo.
I-Apple kunye noGoogle banokufuneka ukuba baququzelele utshintsho ukusuka kwi-iOS ukuya kwi-Android (kunye nakweminye imimandla). I-CMA ikwacebisa ukuba ifune ukuba imibutho iququzelele ukufakwa kwee-apps ngaphandle kwe-App Store kunye ne-Play Store. Ukongeza, iApple kunye noGoogle banokunyanzelwa ukuba banikeze inkululeko engakumbi yokhetho kwiinketho zokuhlawula kunye nezikhangeli.
"Ngaba" ligama eliphambili, kuba nje ukuba i-bill ihleli isiphakamiso, i-Apple kunye neGoogle baya kutshutshisa njengesiqhelo. Lixesha kuphela eliya kuxela ukuba urhulumente wase-Bhritane uyayonyusa impembelelo yakhe kwintengiso. Okwangoku, akukho nto ngaphezu kokukhula kwengqalelo kulo mbandela ibekwe ematyeni.