Akungabazeki ukuthi i-Apple izama kanzima ukufanisa noma thuthukisa insiza ye-Maps ebusweni babasebenzisi bayo futhi, ngenhlanhla, bancintisana ubuso nobuso neGoogle Maps, imbangi yayo yaphakade.
Kulesi senzakalo, inkampani ikhokhe imali efinyelela ku- $ 30 million ukuqala kwayo etholakala eSan Francisco ebizwa ngeMapsense, eyenziwe ngabantu abayi-12 kuphela abagxile ekuhlaziyeni idatha yendawo ekubukekeni, ngokusho kwemibiko.
Okhulumela i-Apple ekhuluma neRe / Code uthe:
I-Apple ithenga izinkampani ezincane zobuchwepheshe ngezikhathi ezithile futhi imvamisa asixoxisi ngenhloso yokutholwa kwazo
Ngakolunye uhlangothi iMapsense ifuna ukufeza ukuhlanganiswa okuphelele kwamamephu "axhunyiwe"
Kunamadivayisi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi emhlabeni asebenzisa idatha yokusakaza ye-geo-location yabo nsuku zonke […] Ngale ndlela ukuqoqwa kwedatha yokubeka kuya ngokuya kuyinkimbinkimbi, amathuluzi endabuko okubona ukuqonda nokusebenzisa leli qiniso aye athikamezeka. ngejubane nokukala kwalo mthombo wedatha omkhulu futhi oyinkimbinkimbi futhi okhulayo
Lokhu kusho ukuthi kungcono ukuthi uma umsebenzisi kunguye ohlinzeka ngemininingwane esikhundleni sokuyilanda, ipulatifomu izokwenza kanjalo izonikezela ngemephu "eguquliwe" kuzidingo zakho.
Lokhu kungaba ukuthuthela ku- dala i-database ephathelene Ngolwazi oluqukethwe kuhlelo lwayo lweMephu, ngaphandle kokuqhubeka izolo ngokwethulwa kwe-iOS 9, ukubuyekezwa kwalolu hlelo lokusebenza kwenziwe, kunezici ezintsha kulwazi lwezokuthutha zomphakathi yize liqhubeka nokusebenzisa idatha evela ezinkampanini zesithathu ezifana neTomTom kanye abanye, ngokusho kwesicelo uqobo.
Njengoba sesivele sazi, i-Apple yinkampani ebonakala ngokuzama ukunikela ngezinsizakalo zayo ngaphandle kokuya ngabantu besithathu ngangokunokwenzeka futhi nakuba Amamephu asuka kude maqondana nalokhu, kusesekuseni kakhulu ukudedela isandla se «asebekhulile».