Apple was sentenced to compensate a Brazilian consumer: Bought an iPhone and discovered that the smartphone is no longer sold with the charger, in violation of local regulations.
As of 2020, Apple will no longer supply the charger in the box of his iPhones The move – the company explained at the time – is specifically designed to reduce resource consumption, assuming virtually every consumer already has at least one charger in their home. Apple recently further defended its position, claiming the environmental benefits of its decision: not including the charger each year produces the same CO2 reductions that would be achieved by removing some 450,000 cars from the world’s roads. .
In fact, as a report from the Daily Mail shows, this choice has also resulted in a significant economic benefit for Apple, saving more than $6 billion from 2020 to date.
Apple has the chargers removed of smartphone packaging worldwide. In addition to the charger, the headphones with cable have also been removed.
Brazilian law requires manufacturers to include everything necessary to use the product, including the charger, in the packaging of their devices. For that reason, a Brazilian court has ordered Apple to pay more than 1,000 euros.
This was decided by the Sixth Civilian Section of the court of Goiânia Apple will have to reimburse a consumer more than 5 thousand real, an amount excluding legal costs, which are also borne by the company. Last year, Apple was fined around 2 million euros, again for illegally removing the charger from the packaging of its smartphones.
Source: Lega Nerd
