Ondrej Holzman He ʻokoʻa ko Apple CEO ʻo Tim Cook i nā wahi he nui ma mua o kāna mea ma mua ʻo Steve Jobs, a ʻo Wakinekona, DC, ka home o ke aupuni US a me nā ʻoihana politika koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Cook, ua hoʻonui nui ʻo Apple i ka lobbying.
Ua kipa aku ʻo Cook i ke kapikala o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai ka hui Kaleponi i ka wā o Steve Jobs, i Dekemaba a hui pū me Senatoa Orrin Hatch, ka mea e lawe nei i ke Komite Waiwai Senate i kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Cook i nā hālāwai he nui ma DC a ʻaʻole i haʻalele i ka Apple Store ma Georgetown.
ʻAʻole he mea kupanaha ka noho ʻana o Tim Cook ma ke Kapitola no ka mea e hoʻonui mau ana ʻo Apple i nā wahi hoihoi ʻē aʻe, me ka piʻi ʻana mai o ka makemake nui o nā loio ʻAmelika. ʻO kahi laʻana ka Apple Watch, kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai ʻo Apple i ka ʻikepili i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea hoʻohana.
I ka hapaha hope loa, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Apple i ka Hale Paʻa, Congress a me 13 mau keʻena a me nā keʻena ʻē aʻe, mai ka Food and Drug Administration i ka Federal Trade Commission. No ka hoʻohālikelike, i ka makahiki 2009 ma lalo o Steve Jobs, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Apple ma Congress a me ʻeono mau keʻena ʻē aʻe.
Ke piʻi nei ka hana lobbying a Apple
"Ua aʻo lākou i nā mea a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i aʻo ai ma mua o lākou - hiki i Wakinekona ke loaʻa ka hopena koʻikoʻi i kā lākou ʻoihana," wahi a Larry Noble o ka Campaign Legal Center, kahi ʻoihana kālā kālā ʻole. Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Tim Cook e wehe aʻe me nā luna aupuni a hoʻomāmā i kona kūlana i ka wā o Apple boom.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o Apple i ka lobbying i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻoihana ʻenehana ʻē aʻe, ua pālua ia i ka nui i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kūlana ʻelima mau makahiki i hala. I ka makahiki 2013, he 3,4 miliona mau dala, a i ka makahiki i hala, ʻaʻole ia he haʻahaʻa.
"ʻAʻole mākou i hana nui i ke kūlanakauhale," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Tim Cook i hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa i hala aku nei i nā senators nāna ua nīnau lākou ma ka pōʻaiapili o ka hihia uku ʻauhau. Mai ia manawa, ua hana ka luna o Apple i kekahi mau waiwai nui e kōkua iā ia ma Wakinekona.
Ua hana ʻo ia i nā pilikia kaiapuni mai 2013 ʻO Lisa Jackson, ke poʻo mua o ka Environment Protection Agency, ka mea i hoʻomaka e kamaʻilio ākea ma kēia kumuhana. "Maopopo iā mākou he pono mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ia mea," wehewehe ʻo ia i ka wā o ka hui Commonwealth Club ma Kapalakiko.
ʻO Amber Cottle, ke poʻo mua o ke Kōmike Waiwai Senate, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike maikaʻi iā Wakinekona a ke hoʻokele pololei nei i ke keʻena lobbying ma Apple, ua hele pū mai i Apple i ka makahiki i hala.
Me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana, makemake maoli ʻo Apple e pale i nā hakakā me nā ʻelele kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika a me nā luna i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e like me kahi hihia nui o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o nā puke e-puke a i ʻole ka pono uku no ke kuai ana a na makua, i hana ʻole ʻia e kā lākou mau keiki ma ka App Store.
Ke hana ikaika nei ʻo Apple me ka Food and Drug Administration, kahi e kūkākūkā ai i kekahi o kāna mau huahana hou, e like me nā polokalamu olakino kelepona, a ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka Apple Watch hou a me ka app Health i ka Federal Trade Commission i ka hāʻule. I ka pōkole, ke hoʻāʻo nei ka hui Kaleponi e ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki i mea e pale ai i nā pilikia pilikia.
