Chingave chii chinogombedzera humbowo hwekuti vari mukati mesangano vari kuburitsa zvakavanzika uye zvine rukudzo zvakavanzika zvekutengeserana kuti vawane pundutso, apuro akamhan'arira aimbove mushandi Simon Lancaster. Lancaster, uyo ave mukuru-mukuru wezvinhu zvekambani iyi, anopomerwa mhosva yekuwana ruzivo rwakanyanya pamusoro pezviri kuuya zveApple zvigadzirwa uye kanoverengeka vachitengesa iyo ruzivo kune vezvenhau. Zvakavanzika zvekutengeserana zvaifanirwa kutengeswa kuchinjana kufukidzwa kwakanaka kwekutanga nesangano risingazivikanwe renhau. 
Munyaya yaApple inopokana neLancaster, mune iyo Apple Insider, aimbove mushandi weApple aishanda kuApple kubva muna2008 kusvika 2019, akapomerwa mhosva yekushandisa chinzvimbo chake zvisizvo uye kuvimba neApple nekuparadzira zvakavanzika zvakavanzika zvekutengeserana zveApple kuti awane pfuma kubva kune vezvenhau. Semunhu ane chinzvimbo chepamusoro, Lancaster akapomerwa mhosva yekuwana zvakavanzika zvemukati zvemabhizimusi kubva kumagwaro kunze kwebasa rake nezvinodiwa, nekuzvipfuudza kumutori wenhau, uyo akabva aburitsa zvakabiwa pane imwe nhepfenyuro isina kutaurwa nezita muzvinyorwa zvakawanda.
Lancaster akapomerwa mhosva yekuwana mvumo yekuvanzika kweApple zvakavanzika kunyangwe mushure mekusiya Apple yezvinhu zvekutsvaga nekuvandudza kambani Arris, aive mutengesi weApple, mukutyora kuri pachena chibvumirano chiripo pakati pemakambani maviri aya. Kutevera kuenderera mberi kwekuchinjiswa kweApple zvakavanzika zvekutengeserana kune mutapi venhau kunyangwe abva kuApple, kuferefetwa kwakatangwa kwekuongorora zvishandiso zvinoshandiswa nevanopomerwa vekare vashandi. Kuongorora kwakaratidza kuti Lancaster akatora matanho ekuba zvakavanzika zveApple zvekutengeserana mushure mekusiya kambani. Akapomedzerwa kugara achitaurirana nemunyori uye achitumira zvimwe zvinhu pachikumbiro, kunyangwe kushandisa zvishandiso zvakaburitswa neApple mune dzimwe nguva
Apple yakati zviito zveLancaster nemaune zvakaputsa Mutemo Wezvokutengeserana, California Uniform Trade Secrets Act uye chibvumirano chakanyorwa. Naizvozvo, Apple inokumbira dare kuti ripe mishonga yese yakatsvaga, kusanganisira kukuvara, kudzorera, uye mubhadharo wemutemo.
