Omnye umonakalo wezemali wamakhwenkwe aseCupertino kumazwe aseYurophu. Njengoko sisazi, ukuphela kweveki ephelileyo, uthotho lwamaxwebhu abizwa ngokuba yi "Amaphepha eParadesi", ngolwazi malunga neenkampani kunye namanani oluntu, anje ngezopolitiko, iimbaleki kunye namagcisa, abebonakala ukuba babenemali eninzi kunye notyalo-mali kwiindawo zerhafu. Phakathi kwabo, iinkampani ezinje nge Uber, Microsoft, Disney, Facebook okanye Apple.
Ngoko ke, IKhomishini ye-European Union icele iApple ukuba ihlaziye iinkcukacha kwimeko yayo yangoku yerhafu. Kusekho iintshukumo ezingaqhelekanga ezenziwe yinkampani yaseNyakatho Melika engachazwanga, kwaye abasemagunyeni belizwekazi elidala balinde ukwazi iinkcukacha ezibonelelwa yiApple.
Ngamazwi kaMargrethe Vestager ngokwakhe, Umkomishinala Wokhuphiswano waseYurophu, kudliwanondlebe no Washington Post:
«Besicela uhlaziyo kwisivumelwano esenziwe yiApple, indlela abalungelelaniswe ngayo kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo, ukuze bazi kakuhle ukuba oku kuyahambelana nemigangatho yethu yaseYurophu. Kuza kubonakala ukuba siza kuvula amanye amatyala kwi-Apple kunye nezinye iinkampani ezichaphazelekayo emva kwePhepha lePhepha. "
Ngokufika kolu lwazi, Singafumana uluvo lokuba zingaphi iinkampani ezifunda indlela yokutshintsha iirhafu. Ngaphandle kwento yokuba iApple ikhawuleze ukuyikhanyela ulwazi malunga nokuhamba kwayo etyholwa, ukuvuza kuye kwabonisa ukuba inkampani yasekwa eJersey ukunqanda iibhiliyoni zeerhafu kwirhafu (ngenxa yengeniso yamanye amazwe).
Oku kubonisa isiqendu esitsha kwingxaki esele isaziwa ngeIreland, apho, ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2017, inkampani yaseNyakatho Melika ibanga malunga ne- $ 14.500 yezigidi kwirhafu yangemva yemisebenzi yayo eYurophu.
Nangona i-Apple inendawo yayo egutyungelwe kakuhle okwangoku, ine- $ 252 yezigidigidi kwimali ezigcinwe phesheya, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ikwalile ukubuyisa nantoni na ebangwayo.
