I-Apple ne-Google banesabelo semakethe esiningi kakhulu ezinhlelweni zokusebenza, izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza neziphequluli e-UK. Lokho kusho isiphathimandla semakethe kazwelonke kulandela uphenyo olusha.
"Ukubamba kwensimbi kumadivayisi eselula," kusho i-Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) mayelana nesimo seziqhwaga zobuchwepheshe. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, isiphathimandla sethule uphenyo ngethonya le-Apple ne-Google emakethe yaseBrithani yezinhlelo zokusebenza, izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza neziphequluli. Umphumela ugcizelela ukuthi izinhlangano ziyabusa.
Wonke ama-smartphone asebenza ku-iOS noma ku-Android. Amaphesenti angama-95 azo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza zama-smartphone alandwe ku-App Store noma ku-Google Play Isitolo. Amaphesenti angama-90 wethrafikhi yesiphequluli adlule kuSafari naku-Chrome.
“Noma ubani othenga umakhalekhukhwini ugcina ese-Apple noma i-Google ecosystem. Yibona kuphela abanquma ukuthi okuqukethwe ku-inthanethi kunikezwa kanjani, ”kusho umkhulumeli we-CMA. Igunya likuthola kuyakhathaza. Izakhamizi zase-UK zingaba sengcupheni yokubiza amanani aphezulu ngokungafanele amafoni nezinhlelo zokusebenza. Asikho isikhala sezinto ezintsha ezivela kwabanye abahlinzeki.
Nakuba ucwaningo lunomthelela kubenzi bezinqubomgomo zase-UK nezikhulu zikahulumeni, umthelela walo oqondile unomkhawulo. I-CMA inelungelo lokubeka unswinyo ezinkampanini nakubantu abaphula imithetho yokuncintisana. I-Apple ne-Google aziphuli. Ngakho i-CMA inethemba lokwandisa imibandela yokuphulwa komthetho.
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Ikhambi eliphelele, kusho isikhulu, umthethosivivinywa okwamanje osacutshungulwa uhulumeni waseBrithani. Uma uhulumeni ewugunyaza lo mthethosivivinywa, i-CMA izothola ithuba lokubeka izinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezithile esigabeni esisha somthetho. Isigaba senza kube nokwenzeka ukubiyela imisebenzi ethile yebhizinisi ngemithetho emisha. I-CMA icace bha mayelana nenhloso yayo yokuletha i-Apple ne-Google esigabeni. Kusukela lapho, iseluleko sakhe samanje singavezwa emithethweni.
I-Apple ne-Google kungadingeka ukuthi zenze kube lula ukushintshwa ukusuka ku-iOS kuye ku-Android (ngokuphambene nalokho). I-CMA iphinda yeluleke ukuthi kudinge izinhlangano ukuthi zisize ukufakwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ngaphandle kwe-App Store ne-Play Store. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Apple ne-Google zingase ziphoqeleke ukuthi zinikeze inkululeko eyengeziwe yokuzikhethela ezinkethweni zokukhokha neziphequluli.
"Can" igama eliyisihluthulelo, ngoba inqobo nje uma umthethosivivinywa usalokhu uyisiphakamiso, i-Apple ne-Google bazoshushisa njengokujwayelekile. Isikhathi kuphela esizosho ukuthi uhulumeni waseBrithani uyawandisa yini amandla emakethe. Okwamanje, akukho okungaphezu kokukhulisa ukunaka esihlokweni osekubekwe etsheni.