UMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US (i-DOJ) wenze ngokusemthethweni isidingo sawo sokuthi i-Google ithengise isiphequluli sayo sewebhu se-Chrome, iphikisana ngokuthi isiqhwaga sezobuchwepheshe sigcine ukuhlukumeza ngokweqile emakethe yokusesha ku-inthanethi. Lesi sinyathelo siphawula ingqopha-mlando ekulweni nezinqubo zokubusa umuntu oyedwa embonini yezobuchwepheshe futhi singaguqula ngokuphawulekayo isimo sedijithali somhlaba.
Umsuka wenkinga usekubuseni kwe-Google ngaphezu kokufinyelela i-inthanethi , i-Chrome ingenye yezindlela eziyinhloko zokungena enjinini yayo yokusesha kanye nezinye izinsizakalo. Ngokusho kwe-DOJ, lesi simo siqeda ukuncintisana ngokuthanda imikhiqizo yenkampani, okulimaza abasebenzisi kanye nabancintisana nabo abazama ukuthola indawo emakethe.
Umthelela ongaba khona wokuthengiswa kwe-Chrome
I-Chrome, eqashelwa njengenye yeziphequluli ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, iyitshe lesisekelo se-Google ecosystem. Njengoba inesabelo semakethe esingaphezu kuka -60% e-United States kanye nezigidigidi zabasebenzisi emhlabeni jikelele, ukuthengiswa kwayo kungafinyelela inani elilinganiselwa ku- $20.000 billion . Lokhu kugcizelela ukubaluleka kwe-Chrome hhayi nje njengesiphequluli kodwa futhi njengethuluzi elibalulekile lokushayela ithrafikhi kweminye imikhiqizo namasevisi e-Google.
Ukuthengiswa okuhlongozwayo, okungenye yezinyathelo ezibaluleke kakhulu ecaleni lokulwa nokungathembani, kuhlose ukulinganisa inkundla yokudlala yezinye izinjini zokusesha ezifana ne-Bing ne-DuckDuckGo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-DOJ iphakamisa imikhawulo ezovimbela izivumelwano zezigidigidi zamaRandi njengaleyo enayo ne-Apple ukuthi ibe yinjini yokusesha ezenzakalelayo kuma-iPhone.
Kodwa-ke, lesi sinqumo siletha izingozi eziningana, ngokusho kwe-Google. Le nkampani ixwayisa ngokuthi ukuhlukana kwesimiso sayo sezinto eziphilayo kungabeka engcupheni ukuphepha komsebenzisi kanye nobumfihlo bakhe, kanye nokuvimbela ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obusha, okuhlanganisa nobuhlakani bokwenziwa.
I-Android, nayo ekukhanyeni
Umthelela waleli cala awugcini nje ku-Chrome kuphela. Uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula lwe-Android, olusetshenziswa yingxenye enkulu yama-smartphone emhlabeni jikelele, nalo luyahlolwa. Nakuba i-Android ingakayalwa ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ithengiswe, i-DOJ ikhombisile ukuthi kungaba yinto engenzeka uma inkampani ingazifaki izinguquko ezinkulu emikhubeni yayo.
Ukuthengiswa okungenzeka kwe-Android kungashintsha kakhulu imakethe yamadivayisi eselula. Abakhiqizi, abathembele kakhulu kulolu hlelo lokusebenza, bangase baphoqeleke ukufuna ezinye izindlela, njengokuthuthukisa izinhlelo zabo noma ukwamukela ezikhona njenge- HarmonyOS ye-Huawei . Kwabathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza, noma yiziphi izinguquko ku-Android zingaguqula uhlelo lokuthuthukiswa futhi zinciphise inani lezinhlelo zokusebenza ezitholakalayo.
Impendulo ye-Google nezingxabano
Esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, uKent Walker, isikhulu sezomthetho se-Google, uchaze iziphakamiso ze-DOJ "njenge-ajenda yokungenelela okukhulu ." Ngokusho kukaWalker, ukuhlukanisa i-Chrome ne-Google ngeke nje kubeke engcupheni amaphrojekthi abalulekile kodwa kuzothinta nezinkampani ezifana neMozilla, isiphequluli sayo se-Firefox esithembele emalini engenayo etholwe ngezivumelwano ne-Google.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yagcizelela ukuthi lesi sinyathelo singaba nomthelela omubi ebuholini base-United States emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe, ikakhulukazi ekuthuthukiseni ubuhlakani bokwenziwa. I-Google iqinisekise ukuthi izokwethula esinye isiphakamiso ngenyanga ezayo ukuze kubhekwane nokukhathazeka kwe-DOJ, ifuna ukuvikela kokubili imodeli yayo yebhizinisi kanye nokulindelwe ngabasebenzisi nabathuthukisi.
Ushintsho lomhlaba wonke emakethe yedijithali
Icala elibhekene ne-Google lifana nezimo zangaphambilini, njengecala lokulwa nokungathembani elibhekene ne-Microsoft eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili edlule. Ngaleso sikhathi, nakuba ekuqaleni kwenziwa isiphakamiso sokubhidliza inkampani, inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala yakhetha izinyathelo ezingaqinile kangako , okuvumela i-Microsoft ukuthi igcine ubuqotho bebhizinisi layo.
EYurophu, i-Google isivele ibhekene nezijeziso ezinkulu, okuhlanganisa inhlawulo yama-€4.340 billion ngo-2020 ngemikhuba efanayo. Lezi zinyathelo zaphoqa inkampani ukuthi isebenzise isikrini sokukhetha kumadivayisi e-Android ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukukhetha ezinye izinjini zokusesha.
Ukuthengiswa kwe-Chrome kanye nemikhawulo ku-Android, uma kwenzeka, kungaphawula uguquko ekulawulweni kobuchwepheshe bomhlaba wonke. Abasekeli balesi sinyathelo bathi kuyadingeka ukubuyisela ukuncintisana , kuyilapho abagxeki besaba ukuthi simelela ukulawulwa ngokweqile okungavimbela ukusungula izinto ezintsha.
Icala le-Google libonisa ukungezwani okukhona emhlabeni wedijithali okuya ngokuya kubuswa iqembu elincane leziqhwaga zobuchwepheshe. Ukuxazululwa kwaleli cala ngeke kuchaze ikusasa le-Google kuphela, kodwa kuzophinde kubeke izandulela zokuthi iziphathimandla ezilawulayo emhlabeni wonke zibhekana kanjani namandla ezinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe.