- I-CNMC yandisa uphando lwayo kwi-Apple malunga nezithintelo ezinokubakho kubaphuhlisi kwi-App Store.
- Ugxininiso lukwishedyuli yokumisela amaxabiso okusinyanzelo kunye nezenzo zoshishino ezithathwa njengezichasene nokhuphiswano.
- Uphando lunokukhokelela kwizohlwayo ezibalulekileyo kwaye luhambelana nokuhlolwa kolawulo lwaseYurophu, ngakumbi kwi-European Union.
- I-Apple ikhusela ukungafihli kunye nokhuphiswano kwiqonga layo kwaye iqinisekisa ukusebenzisana kwayo nabasemagunyeni.
IKhomishini kaZwelonke yeeMarike kunye noKhuphiswano (CNMC) iqinise ingqwalasela yayo kwi-Apple, iphanda izithintelo ezinokuthi zibekwe kubaphuhlisi ngaphakathi kwe-App Store. Ityala ligxile kwisityholo sokunyanzeliswa kokulandela a ishedyuli yamaxabiso emiselweyo nto leyo enokunciphisa inkululeko yabadali be-app ukuseta amaxabiso abo.
Lo mgca omtsha wophando uqinisa ifayile evuliwe kunyaka odlulileyo, xa i-CNMC yaqala ukuhlalutya ukuba ngaba inkampani ibekwe iimeko zorhwebo ezingalunganga kunye nezenzo ezinokwenzeka ezichasene nokhuphiswano ezinokuchaphazela bobabini abaphuhlisi kunye nabathengi.
Imvelaphi kunye nobubanzi bophando
NgoJulayi wonyaka ophelileyo, i-CNMC yaqalisa uphando lwe-exoffio kwi-Apple Distribution International kunye nenkampani engumzali wayo, isilumkiso izenzo ezinokuthi zibe nemiqathango ebeke iimeko ezingalunganga kubaphuhlisi xa behambisa izicelo zabo kwivenkile yedijithali yophawu.
Olu phando luxhaswa zizibonakaliso ezibonisa ukuba i-Apple inokwaphula umthetho Inqaku loku-1 loMthetho woKhuphiswano loKhuselo (LDC) kunye Inqaku le-101 leSivumelwano sokuSebenza kweManyano yaseYurophu (TFEU)Ukuza kuthi ga ngelo xesha, bekugxilwe kwisityholo sokusetyenziswa kakubi kwesikhundla esongamileyo, kodwa ngoku iyanda ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba iApple ukubeka okanye ukulungelelanisa amaxabiso, eya kwandisa kakhulu umda wetyala.
Ukuba ezi zenzo ziqinisekisiwe, inkampani yase-US inokujongana nezohlwayo ezibalulekileyo zemali. Phantsi kwemimiselo yangoku, izohlwayo zinokufikelela I-10% yenguqu yehlabathi irekhodwe yinkampani kunyaka ophambi kwesisombululo sophando.
Izityholo malunga namaxabiso kunye nenkululeko yokhuphiswano
Isigxeko esiphambili se-CNMC kukuba i-Apple ifuna abaphuhlisi ukuba bakhethe kwiseti encinci yamaxabiso, kunye negumbi elincinci lokuziqhelanisa nokhuphiswano okanye iimeko zentengiso. Ezi zibophelelo, ezichazwe ngumlawuli njenge ishedyuli ixabiso elinyanzelekileyo, inokwenza kube nzima ukuba abadali balawule imirhumo yabo ngokuzimeleyo okanye bavelise iimodeli zabo zoshishino.
Umlawuli waseSpain ukholelwa ukuba lo mgaqo-nkqubo awuchaphazeli kuphela abaphuhlisi, kodwa kwakhona kunciphisa ukhuphiswano lokwenene ngaphakathi kwenkqubo yedijithali ye-ecosystem. Ukuba bonke abathathi-nxaxheba kufuneka babambelele kwisikimu samaxabiso afanayo, zombini ukwahlula kwamaxabiso kunye nokukwazi ukwenza izibonelelo zomntu ngamnye kubathengi ziyahlanjululwa.
Uhlalutyo lwayo lusekwisigaba sophando kwaye lugcina elona xesha liphezulu leenyanga ezili-24 ukukhupha izigqibo eziqinisekileyo. Ukuvulwa kweli tyala litsha akuthethi ukuba kukho ubungqina obubambekayo, kodwa kunika izizathu ezaneleyo zokwandisa uphando.
UApple uphendula kwizityholo
Ukusuka kwinkampani, izithethi zinyanzelisa ukuba i-App Store yenzelwe ukubonelela ukhuseleko, intembeko kunye namathuba oshishino bobabini abasebenzisi kunye nabaphuhlisi. I-Apple igxininisa ukuba isebenzisa inkqubo yokuphonononga phantsi kwemigangatho engqongqo kwaye igcina ukuba bonke abadali bakhuphisana kwinqanaba lokudlala.
Kwiingxelo zoluntu, amagosa enkampani agxininisa ukuzimisela kwawo ukusebenzisana ne-CNMC ukucacisa nayiphi na inkalo yophando kunye nokugqamisa iinzuzo zoqoqosho eziziswa yi-ecosystem yayo kwiimarike zaseSpain naseYurophu. Babonisa ukuba iqonga layo liququzelela ukufikelela kwizixhobo ezingaphezu kwebhiliyoni kwaye lixhasa amashumi amawaka emisebenzi enxulumene necandelo le-app.
Umxholo waseYurophu kunye nembali yesohlwayo
Ukuphononongwa kwemigaqo-nkqubo ye-Apple ayipheleli eSpeyin. E-Brussels, iKhomishini yaseYurophu sele ivule iifayile ezininzi ezilandela UMthetho weeMarike zeDijithali (i-DMA) kwaye iye yohlwaya inkampani yeteknoloji ngokwaphula imithetho ye-EU, ingakumbi ngokumalunga nothintelo lokhetho lokuhlawula kunye nokukwazi ukwazisa abasebenzisi ngeendlela ezizezinye zokuthenga ngaphandle kwe-App Store.
Enye yezohlwayo zakutsha nje ezibekwe yiKhomishoni yaseYurophu, ezixabisa 500 million, ibonise uxinzelelo olukhulayo lolawulo kwi-American multinational, imeko apho i-Apple inqume ukubhenela. Inkampani ibhengeze ukuguqulwa kwemigaqo-nkqubo yayo, njengamaxabiso aphantsi, ukunciphisa iikhomishini, kunye nokuvula inkqubo yokuququzelela ukhetho oluninzi lwentlawulo kunye nokukhushulwa kwangaphandle eYurophu.
Impembelelo kubathengi, abaphuhlisi kunye necandelo ledijithali
Uphando lwe-CNMC lunokuthi luvelise utshintsho olubalulekileyo kwi-ecosystem yedijithaliUkuguquguquka okukhulu kwamaxabiso kunokuguqulela kunikezelo olwahlukileyo nolukhuphisanayo lwabathengi, kunye nokukhuthaza ukusungula izinto ezintsha kunye nokukhula kwamashishini amancinci.
Iingxabano ezinxulumene nolawulo lwevenkile yeapp azintsha. Amatyala afana neMidlalo ye-Epic okanye izikhalazo ze-Spotify zibonakalisa ukuxhatshazwa phakathi kwemodeli yezoshishino zamaqonga amakhulu kunye neemfuno zokhuphiswano olufanelekileyo olusekwe ngabasemagunyeni baseYurophu.
Njengoko inkqubo iqhubela phambili, onke amaqela-ukusuka kwi-Apple kunye nabaphuhlisi ukuya kwabasemagunyeni-balindele isisombululo sokugqibela, esinokubeka umzekelo wokusebenza kweemarike ezinkulu zedijithali eSpain naseYurophu.