U-Apple ukhiphe izinhlelo zokusebenza zokuqomisana zabesilisa uBlued noFinka ohlwini. I-App Store e-China ngemuva kokuthola i-oda ku-Cyberspace Administration (CAC), njengoba kuqinisekiswe ama-ejensi amaningana. Amapulatifomu, nokho, qhubeka nokusebenza kulabo asebewafakile emafonini abo.
Isilinganiso silingana phakathi nenkathi ye ingcindezi yokulawula kokuqukethwe okuhlobene nomphakathi we-LGBTQ+ ezweni lase-Asia, ithrendi ebisivele yaqashelwa nini I-Grindr yayekwa ngo-2022 kusuka ezitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza zesiShayina. Okwamanje, akukho mlawuli noma izinkampani ezihilelekile ezinikeze eminye imininingwane yokuthi ukuvinjelwa kuzoba okwesikhashana noma unomphela.
Kwenzekeni ngempela?
Umkhulumeli we-Apple uchaze ukuthi inkampani lalela imithetho yezwe esebenza kulo, futhi, kulokhu, yasusa i-Blued ne-Finka kuphela esitolo sezinhlelo zokusebenza e-Mainland China nge-oda le-CAC. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abasebenzisi abambalwa baqaphele ukuthi izinhlelo zokusebenza nazo ziyanyamalala izitolo ezihlukahlukene zendawo ze-Android.
Ngokokuhlola okushicilelwe yimithombo yezindaba yamazwe ngamazwe, a inguqulo elula I-Blued ihlale ingatholakali ku-Chinese App Store amahora ambalwa, kuyilapho abasebenzisi asebevele benazo izinhlelo zokusebenza ezilandiwe bengaqhubeka nokuzethula ngokujwayelekile. Asikho isiqiniseko, okwamanje, mayelana nobubanzi bokugcina besilinganiso.
U-Apple uphinde wacacisa ukuthi, ekuqaleni konyaka, umthuthukisi we UFinka wanquma ukuhoxa uhlelo lokusebenza lwezitolo ezingaphandle kwe-China, naleyo Blued ibitholakala kuphela emakethe yaseShayina, ekhawulela umthelela walesi sinqumo phesheya.
Obani abantu abalandela uBlued noFinka?
UBlued wazalwa ngaphansi kwesambulela sika BlueCityIBlueCity, eyaphuma esidlangalaleni ngo-2020, yamemezela ukutholwa kukaFinka ngawo lowo nyaka ngemali engaphezudlwana kwezigidi ezingama-30 zamaRandi. AbeBlueCity babe sebebika ukuthi uBlued wedlule 49 million amarekhodi kanye nabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6.
Ngo-2022, iBlueCity wayeka ukuhweba futhi yatholwa yiNewborn Town, inkampani yenkundla yezokuxhumana ezinze eHong Kong futhi idayiselwa esidlangalaleni. Ngemuva kokutholwa, izinguquko ezinkulu zenziwe eqenjini, nge ukuhamba komsunguli wayo UMa Baoli kanye nezinye izibalo ezibalulekile, ngokusho kwemithombo yangaphakathi ecashunwe ngabezindaba.
Inguqulo yamazwe ngamazwe ye-Blued yaqanjwa kabusha HeeSay futhi ihlala itholakala ezitolo zohlelo lokusebenza ngaphandle kwase-China. Kuhlu lwemikhiqizo yayo, i-HeeSay ithi iyanikezela amashumi ezigidi yabasebenzisi be-LGBTQ+ emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukusabela nokuthi kusho ukuthini kubasebenzisi
Izishoshovu ziyathanda Zhao Hu y Hhayi Zhijun (I-PFLAG China) ibize lesi sinqumo ngokungalindelekile futhi yasigxeka ngokunciphisa osekuvele kuyindlala izindawo eziphephile yokuzijabulisa, enethuba lokuzihlukanisa. Ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezifana ne-Weibo, abasebenzisi bazwakalise ukumangala futhi bacela ukugwema ukuqagela ngezizathu zokuhoxa.
NgoJulayi, iBlued kuphazamise ukuphuma yabasebenzisi abasha amasonto ambalwa ngaphandle kokuchaza izizathu, okuholele ekwandeni kwemakethe ama-akhawunti amasekeni kumawebhusayithi e-e-commerce, kuze kube yilapho ukubhaliswa kuphinda kuqalwa phakathi no-August.
Kulabo asebevele banezinhlelo zokusebenza ezifakiwe, izinsiza ziyaqhubeka ukusebenza ngokujwayelekile okwamanje. Futhi, ngokuhambisana, amanye amakhathalogi aboniswa okwesikhashana a uhlelo "elikhanyayo". I-Blued ngemisebenzi ekhawulelwe, njengoba kuqinisekiswe izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe.
Uhlaka lokulawula kanye nesizinda
Yize i- ubungqingili bachithwa ngo-1997 futhi yayeka ukubhekwa njengesifo sengqondo ngo-2001, i-China ayiboni umshado wobulili obufanayo futhi igcina imikhawulo ekubonakaleni komphakathi kwezinhlobonhlobo zocansi.
Eminyakeni yamuva, izinhlangano ezifana ne Isikhungo se-LGBT saseBeijingNgenkathi ngo-2021 i-WeChat isuse ama-akhawunti amaqembu asenyuvesi. Isilawuli se-audiovisual siphinde sacela abasebenzisi ukuthi bagweme lokho okubizwa "i-aesthetic yabesifazane" futhi sikhuthaze amanani endabuko kokuqukethwe.
I-CAC yethulwe ngoSepthemba a umkhankaso wezinyanga ezimbili ngokumelene nalokho akuchaza “njengombono ongemuhle ngempilo” ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Kulo mongo, ukuhoxa kukaBlued noFinka kunezela kulokhu kusuka ku-Grindr ngo-2022, phakathi nokuqiniswa kokulawula izinkundla zedijithali.
Lapho ebuzwa abezindaba base-US, i- Inxusa lamaShayina Ayizange iphendule ngokushesha ezicelweni, futhi izinkampani eziphethe izinhlelo zokusebenza zigweme ukuphawula esidlangalaleni mayelana nezinguquko ezingenzeka ukuze zibuyele ezitolo.
Umthelela ngaphandle kwe-China nokucatshangelwa kwe-Europe
Ububanzi bokuhoxiswa bukhawulelwe ku- China App Store kakade izitolo zasendaweni ze-Android. ESpain nakuyo yonke i-European Union, i-Blued yayingasanikezwa kabanzi, kuyilapho i- Okunye okuhlukile kwe-HeeSay Ihlala itholakala ezitolo ezihambisanayo.
Icala ligcizelela ukuthi izinkampani ezinkulu zezobuchwepheshe zilungisa kanjani izinqubomgomo zokuthobela Ezimakethe ezinezinhlaka eziqinile zokulawula: ngonyaka odlule, i-Apple yasusa izinsiza ezifana [nohlu lwezinsizakalo] esitolo sayo sase-China. WhatsApp kanye Imicu ngokulandela imiyalelo efanayo evela kwabaphethe.
Kubasebenzisi baseYurophu, i ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke Umthelela walezi zinkundla awuthinteki kangako ngesilinganiso, nakuba impikiswano mayelana ukulinganisela kokuqukethwe futhi ukuvikelwa kwamalungelo edijithali kuhlala kusebenza e-EU ngaphansi kwemithetho efana ne-DSA.
Ukususwa kwe-Blued ne-Finka ezitolo zamaShayina kuhambisana nethrendi ye ukulawula okuqinile ku-ecosystem yezwe yedijithali, enemiphumela ebonakalayo emphakathini we-LGBTQ+. Okwamanje, abasebenzisi abakhona bangaqhubeka nokusebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza, izinguqulo zamazwe ngamazwe zihlala zifinyeleleka ngaphandle kwe-China, futhi kusazobonakala ukuthi, ngemva kwalokho izinguquko ezidingwa yi-CACEzinye zalezi zinhlelo zokusebenza zingabuyela kumakhathalogi endawo.