Posachedwa, wopanga wokhala ku Cupertino wakhala akulandira nkhani zoyipa. Choyamba, mkatikati mwa Novembala tidazindikira Samsung inali itagonjetsa Apple ku United States, fiefdom wakale wa Bitten Apple Company. Ndipo tsopano, Apple iyenera kulipira chindapusa chachikulu ku Italy.
Chifukwa chake? Malinga ndi khothi ku Italy, wopanga waku America ananama polimbikitsa kukana kwamadzi kwamitundu yambiri yam'manja, makamaka pazotsatsa, pomwe kudzera mu chitsimikizo samaphimba vutoli.
Apple idalipira 10 miliyoni euros
Kukaniza madzi nthawi zonse kumakhala nkhani yotsutsana kwambiri. Kale, pomwe Sony idayamba lengezani kukana kwa madzi pa mafoni ake oyamba, anali ndi mavuto ambiri pankhaniyi. Ndipo chinthucho ndikuti, kupititsa patsogolo madzi osayenda sikunayende bwino konse. Makamaka chifukwa ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri adayiwala kuyika pulagi yachitetezo pazomvera ndi ma microUSB, ndipo foniyo idakhala pepala lolemera.
Sony idaphunzira ndipo idasiya kwambiri kutsatsa, koma Apple sinasiye kuwonetsa mafoni ake opanda madzi. Ndipo zowonadi, boma la Italy latopa ndi izi zotsatsa zotsatsa. Makamaka chifukwa, ngati pazifukwa zilizonse foni imawonongeka ndi madzi, Apple siyikuphimba pachiwonetsero chake.
Zabwino, zomwe zimakhala ndi 10 milioni ya euro, zikuyenera kukumbukiridwa kuti kutsatsa kwa mafoni omwe adayambitsidwa pakati pa 2017 ndi 2019 kwakhala kukusocheretsa. Inde, zotsatsa za iPhone 8 ndi 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS ndi XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro ndi 11 Pro Max, zidalimbikitsa kukana kwamadzi, koma AGCM (Authority for Defense of Competition ndi msika waku Italy) akuwona kuti kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawa m'moyo weniweni sikukhudzana ndi mayeso a labotale.
Mu lipoti lofalitsidwa, akunena kuti »Kutsatsa sikunatsimikizire kuti malowa atha kupezeka pamikhalidwe ina, mwachitsanzo, pakuyesa kwa labotale pogwiritsa ntchito madzi osasunthika komanso oyera, osagwiritsa ntchito zida za ogula.«, Ikuwonetsa AGCM. Kotero kuti Apple iyenera kulipira mayuro 10 miliyoni pa nthabwala.
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