Ondrej Holzman Parizvino ari kumhanya pamberi peDare Redunhu muOakland, California boxwood pakati peApple nevamhan'ari, vanomiririra vatengi vanosvika mamirioni masere pamwe nevatengesi vakuru, pamusoro pekuti kambani yeApple yakavhara makwikwi mumakore gumi apfuura nedziviriro muTunes uye iPods. Apple inoti haina chayakaita, vachuchisi vanofunga neimwe nzira.
Vamhan'ari vari kutsvaga madhora mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu emamiriyoni ekukuvadza kubva kuApple, vachiti izvo Apple zvave kuburitswa kuTunes zvanga zvisiri zvekuvandudza, kwete kubva pamaonero evashandisi. Pamwe chete neiyo iPod nano itsva yakaunzwa muna 351, femu yeCalifornia yaipomerwa kurambidza vatengi uye kutyora mitemo yeantitrust.
iPod ye iTunes chete
"Yakarangarirwa zvakapetwa kaviri uye yakauya nemavara mashanu akasiyana," gweta remumhan'ari Bonnie Sweeney akadaro mukutaura kwake kwekuvhura neChipiri, "asi Apple haina kuudza vatengi ndechekuti kodhi yakauya neNano nyowani yaivewo ne'Keybag. Verification Code '. Iyi Nano kodhi haina kuimhanyisa kana kunatsiridza ruzha rwayo neimwe nzira... Pane kudaro, yakadzivirira vashandisi vakatenga zviri pamutemo nziyo kubva kumukwikwidzi kuti vasadziridza pamaiPods avo. "
Kunyanya, isu tiri kutaura nezve iTunes 7.0 uye 7.4 inogadziridza, iyo, maererano nevamhan'ari, yakanangana nemakwikwi. Apple haisi kumhan'arirwa kushandisa DRM yekudzivirira kopi pase, asi kugadzirisa DRM kuti isashande nayo, semuenzaniso, Real Networks 'mukwikwidzi Harmony.
Nziyo dzakatengwa kubva kuTunes dzakaiswa encoded uye dzaigona kungoridzwa pamaiPod. Kana mushandisi aida kuchinjira kuchigadzirwa chinokwikwidza, aifanira kupisa nziyo dzacho kuCD, odziendesa kune imwe komputa, ozodziendesa kune imwe MP3 player. "Izvi zvakasimbisa chigaro cheApple," Sweeny akadaro.
Icho chokwadi chekuti Apple yakaedza kuvharisa makwikwi pazvigadzirwa zvayo zvakasimbiswa nemumhan'ari nemamwe mae-mail emukati evamiriri vepamusoro vekambani. "Jeff, tingangofanira kushandura chimwe chinhu pano," Steve Jobs akanyorera Jeff Robbins apo Real Networks yakatanga Harmony muna 2006, iyo yairidza mukwikwidzi paiPod. Mazuva mashoma gare gare, Robbins akaudza vamwe vake kuti matanho akareruka aizoda kutorwa.
Mukukurukurirana kwemukati nemukuru wekushambadzira Phil Schiller, Mabasa akatotaura nezveReal Networks sevapambi vachiedza kupaza iPod yake, kunyangwe mugove wemusika wesevhisi panguva iyoyo waiva mudiki.
Harmony yakanga iri tyisidziro
Asi magweta eApple zvinonzwisisika ane maonero akasiyana pa iTunes 7.0 uye 7.4, yakaunzwa munaGunyana 2006 uye gore rakatevera munaGunyana 2007, zvichiteerana. "Kana pakupera kwekutongwa ukaona kuti iTunes 7.0 uye 7.4 dzaive kuvandudzwa kwechigadzirwa, saka unofanirwa kuona kuti Apple haina chayakaita nemakwikwi," William Isaacson akaudza mutongi masere mukutaura kwake.
Sekureva kwake, zvigadziriso zvakataurwa zvaive zvakanyanya nezvekuvandudza iTunes, kwete zano rekuvharisa Harmony, uye vhezheni 7.0 yaive "yakanyanya kukosha yekuvandudza kubva iTunes yekutanga". Kunyangwe kuburitswa uku kwakanzi kwaisave kwese nezve DRM, Isaacson akabvuma kuti Apple yakanyatsoona Real Networks 'system seyakapinda muhurongwa hwayo. Hackers vakawanda vakaedza Hack iTunes kuburikidza nayo.
“Harmony yaive software yaimhanya pasina mvumo. Aida kupindira pakati peiPod ne iTunes uye kubiridzira FairPlay (zita reApple's DRM system - chinyorwa chemupepeti). Yakanga iri kutyisidzira ruzivo rwemushandisi uye kunaka kwechigadzirwa, "Isaacson akadaro neChipiri, achisimbisa kuti pakati pedzimwe shanduko, iTunes 7.0 uye 7.4 yakaunzawo shanduko kune encryption, iyo yakaisa Harmony kunze kwebhizinesi.
Mukutaura kwake kwekuvhura, Isaacson akataurawo kuti Real Networks - kunyangwe ari mutambi akakosha - haazopinde mudare zvachose. Zvakadaro, mutongi Rogers akaudza dare redzimhosva kuti riregeredze kusavapo kwevafakazi veReal Networks nekuti kambani iyi haina bato panyaya iyi.
Kudzima nziyo pasina yambiro
Mhosva yacho yakaenderera mberi neChitatu, naPatrick Coughlin, gweta rinomiririra vashandisi, vachitsanangurira vatongi kuti Apple yakabvisa sei mimhanzi yakatengwa kubva kuzvitoro zvinokwikwidza kubva kumaiPods ayo pasina chiziviso pakati pa2007 na2009. "Wafunga kuvapa chiitiko chakaipisisa uye kuparadza maraibhurari avo emimhanzi," Apple Coughlin akadaro.
Kare ikako, kana mushandisi akadhawunirodha mimhanzi kubva muchitoro chinokwikwidza uye akaedza kuiwiriranisa kune iPod, meseji yekukanganisa yakabuda ichiraira mushandisi kuti agadzirise mutambi kune zvigadziriso zvefekitari. Zvino apo mushandisi akadzorera iPod, mimhanzi inokwikwidza yakanyangarika. Apple yakagadzira sisitimu "kusaudza vashandisi nezve dambudziko," Coughlin akatsanangura.
Ndokusaka, mune imwe nyaya yemakore gumi, vamhan'ari vari kuda yambotaurwa $351 miriyoni kubva kuApple, iyo inogona zvakare kuwedzera kusvika katatu nekuda kweUS antitrust mitemo.
Apple yakapikisa kuti yaive nhanho yekuchengeteka. "Isu taisafanira kupa vashandisi ruzivo rwakawanda, isu taisada kuvavhiringidza," akadaro director director Augustin Farrugia. Akaudza jury kuti hackers vakaita se "DVD Jon" uye "Requiem" vakaita Apple "yakanyanya paranoid" nezve kuchengetedza iTunes. "Sitimu yacho yakabiwa zvachose," Farrugia akafunga kuti sei Apple yakabvisa mimhanzi yemakwikwi kubva kune zvigadzirwa zvayo.
"Mumwe munhu ari kupinda mumba mangu," Steve Jobs akanyora mune imwe email kuna Eddy Cue, aitarisira iTunes. Vachuchisi vanotarisirwa kuunza kumwe kutaurirana kwemukati kweApple sehumbowo panguva yenyaya, uye ndiCue naPhil Schiller vanozoonekwa pachigadziko cheuchapupu. Panguva imwecheteyo, vachuchisi vanotarisirwa kushandisa zvikamu zvekurekodha vhidhiyo yehuchapupu hwaSteve Jobs kubva muna 2011.
Zvinonyadzisa zvikuru. Ndinovimba Apple icharasikirwa nehondo iyi.