I-European Commission iqinisekisa uphenyo olubhekiswe ku-Apple emahoreni ambalwa edlule futhi ibandakanya i-App Store kanye nensizakalo yokukhokha yeNFC, i-Apple Pay. Kulokhu i uphenyo olubili olusemthethweni lokuvikela ukwethembana ne-Apple kuzohlobene nokungathobeli Imibhalo 101 kanye no-102 we Isivumelwano Sokusebenza kwe-European Union.
Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi i-Apple iphenywe yi-European Commission futhi kulokhu kuba ithuba lenkonzo yokukhokha ye-NFC yokwephula omunye wemithetho yokuncintisana yeNyunyana ngokungavumeli lolu hlelo ukuthi lusetshenziswe ngabantu besithathu, okungukuthi, ngokunciphisa umsebenzi nasesitolo lapho sithenga khona izicelo. Kulesi simo sesibili, i-EU igxile eqinisweni lokuthi azikho ezinye izindlela zokuthenga ezinikezwayo; ngokusho kwe-EU, ukuba nesitolo esisodwa, esiyingqayizivele nesikhethekile ngaphandle kokukhetha ukuba nezinye izitolo lapho ukuthenga izinhlelo zokusebenza kuyinkinga kubasebenzisi.
Ngalo mqondo, inkampani yaseCupertino kudala yaba sematheni ngephesenti elibiza onjiniyela abangama-30% ngokusebenzisa i-IAP, into eyanikeza okuningi ukukhuluma ngezinyanga ezedlule. Kunoma ikuphi, yini manje ehlukile futhi ukuthi igxile esitolo okuwukuphela kwaso abasebenzisi be-Apple okufanele bathenge izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza. Ngokwami, le ngosi eyodwa yokuthenga - i-App Store- inengxenye yayo enhle nengxenye yayo embi, kepha ngokuvamile ingxenye enhle iyanqoba. Mayelana nokuvulwa noma cha kwe-NFC, kubonakala kimi ukuthi kuyinto ethonya ukuphepha kwamadivayisi afana ne-App Store, ngakho-ke iminyango engaphambili embalwa esiyishiya ivulekele ukuhlaselwa okungenzeka, iba ngcono.
Kunoma ikuphi, i-European Commission iyahamba iyophenya ngezindlela ezingekho emthethweni ze-Apple mayelana nalokhu, kufaka phakathi inketho engcono, ikhwalithi, ukuqamba kanye namanani entengo ancintisanayo ”.
I-Apple Pay yiyona uhlelo lokukhokha lweselula kuphela olungafinyelela ku-NFC chip yama-iPhonesUphenyo-ke luzogxila "emikhawulweni okusolakala ukuthi ingafinyelela ku-Apple Pay ngemikhiqizo ethile yezimbangi zayo kumadivayisi weselula e-iOS ne-iPadOS", kanye nomthelela ongaba khona. Uma le mikhuba iqinisekiswa, izindatshana 101 no-102 ze-TFEU zizophulwa. IKhomishani izonikeza okubaluleke kakhulu kulolu cwaningo Futhi khumbula ukuthi ukuqala inqubo akuwunqamuli imiphumela.