Ondrej Holzman A gaban kotu a Oakland, Amurka, ana yanke hukunci ko sauye-sauyen da aka yi a iTunes da Apple ya yi a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata an yi niyya ne da farko don kamfanin California ya cika wajibcinsa na kamfanonin rikodin, ko kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin lalata gasar. Steve Jobs, marigayi co-kafa kuma tsohon Shugaba na Apple, shi ma yana da wani abu da zai ce game da shi ta hanyar rikodin rikodin daga 2011.
Gaskiyar cewa Apple dole ne ya mayar da martani ga wata gasa mafi yawa saboda kamfanonin rikodin shi ne inda lauyoyin kamfanin apple suka kafa babban bangare na kare su. Apple yana da tsauraran kwangiloli tare da kamfanonin rikodin da ba zai iya yin asara ba, in ji tsohon shugaban iTunes Eddy Cue kuma yanzu Steve Jobs a cikin faifan rikodin da ba a fito da su ba.
Koyaya, masu gabatar da kara suna ganin ayyukan Apple a cikin iTunes 7.0 da 7.4 da farko a matsayin ƙoƙari na hana masu fafatawa kamar Real Networks da Navio Systems shiga kasuwa kwata-kwata. Kamata ya yi mai kera iPod ya yi wa masu amfani da shi ya kulle a nasa tsarin. Eddy Cue, wanda ke kula da iTunes kamar yadda yake a yau, ya riga ya bayyana cewa Apple kusan ba shi da wani zaɓi, kuma yanzu Steve Jobs shima ya tabbatar da maganarsa a gaban alkalai:
Idan na tuna daidai, daga ra'ayi na - kuma daga ra'ayi na Apple - mu ne kawai babban kamfani a cikin masana'antar a lokacin da ba shi da zurfin aljihu. Muna da cikakkun kwangiloli tare da kamfanonin rikodin lokacin da mutane za su karya tsarin kariyar DRM a iTunes ko a kan iPod, wanda zai, alal misali, ba ka damar sauke kiɗa daga iPod kuma sanya shi a kan kwamfutar wani. Wannan zai zama bayyananne cin zarafin lasisi tare da guraben rikodi waɗanda za su iya daina ba mu kiɗa a kowane lokaci. Na tuna mun damu sosai da shi. Ya ɗauki ƙoƙari mai yawa don tabbatar da cewa mutane ba za su iya yin kutse ba na tsarin kariya na DRM ba, saboda idan za su iya, za mu sami saƙon imel mara kyau daga kamfanonin rikodin da ke barazanar soke kwangilarmu.
Kamar Eddy Cue a gabansa, Steve Jobs ya shaida, a wasu kalmomi, cewa Apple ba shi da wani zaɓi sai dai ya bi tsauraran matakan tsaro a cikin kwangiloli tare da kamfanonin rikodin, saboda a farkon lokacin kamfanin na California ba shi da wani matsayi mai ƙarfi na kasuwa kuma ba zai iya biya ba. ko da abokin tarayya daya zuwa.
Ayyuka kuma sun tabbatar da cewa ba a sami wasu 'yan lokuta na kutse cikin tsarin kariya na Apple ba, watau iTunes da iPods. "Akwai 'yan kutse da yawa da ke kokarin kutsawa cikin tsarinmu don yin abubuwan da za su karya kwangilar da muka yi da kamfanonin rikodin, kuma mun ji tsoron hakan," Steve Jobs ya tabbatar da gaskiyar wancan zamanin da kuma dalilin da ya sa. Apple bai kunna kiɗa daga wasu shaguna akan na'urorin sa ba. "Dole ne mu ci gaba da haɓaka kariya a cikin iTunes da iPod," in ji Jobs, lura da cewa tsaro a cikin waɗannan samfuran ya zama "manufa mai motsi."
A cewar Jobs, ƙin yarda da hanyoyin samun damar yin amfani da samfuransa wani sakamako ne na gaba ɗaya, duk da haka, ya ƙara da cewa Apple ba ya son ɗaukar nauyi kuma yana ƙoƙarin yin aiki tare da wasu kamfanoni don ƙoƙarin shigar da su cikin rufaffiyar sa. tsarin da ya inganta. Wannan shi ne ainihin abin da masu gabatar da kara ke gani a matsayin matsalar, wato sabbin nau'ikan iTunes ba su kawo wani labari mai fa'ida ga masu amfani ba, amma kawai ya hana gasar.
A cewar karar, sauye-sauyen tsarin kariya na DRM an yi niyya ne don cutar da su musamman masu amfani da ke son jan dakunan karatu na kida zuwa wasu na'urori. Duk da haka, Apple bai ba su damar yin haka ba, kuma godiya ga wannan, ya ci gaba da kasancewa a kasuwa kuma ya nuna farashin mafi girma. Apple ya yi jayayya da wannan cewa wasu kamfanoni ma sun yi ƙoƙarin aiwatar da tsarin irin wannan rufaffiyar, kodayake ba su yi nasara ba, kamar Microsoft tare da na'urar Zune.
Za a ci gaba da shari'ar a mako mai zuwa. Lauyoyin Apple duk da haka suka samu wata babbar matsala ga karar, wacce ke wakiltar kusan masu amfani da miliyan 8, saboda ya nuna cewa masu shigar da kara biyu da aka ambata a cikin takardun ba su sayi iPod dinsu ba kwata-kwata a tsawon lokacin da suke gaban kotu. Duk da haka, masu gabatar da kara sun riga sun amsa kuma suna so su ƙara sabon mutum don wakiltar mai ƙara. Ya kamata a warware komai a cikin mako mai zuwa.
