[HN Gopher] Brazil fines Apple $2M for choosing not to ship char...
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       Brazil fines Apple $2M for choosing not to ship chargers with
       iPhone 12
        
       Author : thg
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2021-03-21 15:54 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.techspot.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.techspot.com)
        
       | bdcravens wrote:
       | That's not the only reason they were fined:
       | 
       | "Parts of the fine are also for misleading advertising, bad
       | customer support, and unfair terms of service. Procon-SP cites
       | Apple's refusal to repair some iPhone 11 Pros damaged by water,
       | after advertising them as waterproof, as an example of all
       | three."
        
       | stu2b50 wrote:
       | I know this response happens every time a #BigTech company gets
       | fined, but I feel like this is like even more ridiculously small?
       | 
       | Forget Apple, most multinational companies could absorb a 2
       | million dollar fine without even needing to bring it up to the
       | CFO.
       | 
       | This quote just seems kinda silly with the amount
       | 
       | >Apple needs to understand that in Brazil, there are solid
       | consumer protection laws and institutions. It needs to respect
       | these laws and these institutions.
       | 
       | Yeah Apple has really had the law laid on them with this massive
       | fine.
        
       | kevincox wrote:
       | I think this is silly. Sure, including the chargers was a
       | "sneaky" way to basically raise the price, but they were fairly
       | transparent with consumers what they were getting.
        
         | totalZero wrote:
         | The excuse of reduction in e-waste is disingenuous in light of
         | the fact that previous chargers won't work with the cable
         | included with iPhone 12. Not sure I'd describe that as
         | transparency.
        
           | m463 wrote:
           | I think you basically have to buy the phone, a charger, a
           | case (since those change too) and probably earbuds.
        
             | bdcravens wrote:
             | To be fair, the phone functions perfectly fine without a
             | case or earbuds.
        
           | bdcravens wrote:
           | The cable that was included with previous chargers will
           | however still work. As for why even include a cable then,
           | perhaps that's to connect to any of Apple's current
           | computers, all of which have USB-C (and laptops have no
           | USB-A)
        
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