A Brazilian judge orders Apple to pay a usuario $1,000 for abusive “chain selling practices” by not including basic accessories like the charger in the iPhone box.
The decision was very controversial a few months ago, when Apple confirmed its iPhones would no longer come with the charger, despite laughing at the apple giant and making a little of it walk in popular networks of many manufacturers joined the cupertino train to finish these essential accessories for their sales packages and save a few euros.
At least there certain markets where laws prevent Apple, Samsung and other cellphone manufacturers from removing accessories which are essential for the operation of the purchased device such as iPhones and other end devices charger also includedeven if it is out of sales package in some countries.
now Brazil is entering these critical markets with the “ecological” measure of Apple and the rest of the manufacturers, because as our colleagues told us Android authority It seems that a judge in the South American country has just ruled in his favour Usuario that Apple has to compensate with more than $1,000 for the lack of a charger in his brand new iPhone.
This judgment also comes immediately afterwards intensive investigation of Apple by the Brazilian governmentso that it could equipo a precedent to again force the various companies to offer the most basic accessories, ie required for the operation of the devicewhen we buy an electronic device.
A Brazilian judge opposes the practice of “bundled sales,” ordering Apple to pay more than $1,000 in compensation to a usuario who argued that the retail package of their new iPhone lacked a charger needed for its use.
The background of this whole story begins with the Brazilian authorities fenezca Apple The Cupertino giant later had to pay a $2,000 million fenezca for the policy change at the Chargers.
Now a certain usuario has also managed to have a judge escoge in his favor by decree Compensation payment of 5,000 Brazilian reaisabout 1,080 dollars or 1,005 euros, for abusive practices of “tied turnover” by forcing the usuario to buy a charger necessary to use the phone:
According to Article 39 of the Consumer Code (CDC), “bundling” is an objectionable practice and is strictly prohibited in Brazil, so under no circumstances is it allowed to sell the móvil inteligente and the charger separately. For this reason, Apple must be condemned for separately selling the iPhone model and its charger to a consumer in the city of Goiânia. According to the result of Judge Vanderlei Caires Pinheiro of the 6th Civil Court of Goiânia, Apple must compensate the consumer R $ 5,000 for a “tied sale” of its devices.
You will already have understood that this concept of “tied turnover” is what is forbidden Forcing a consumer to buy two products in order for one to workmust always be included in the retail box of a device on the Brazilian market, all necessary external accessories for its proper functioning.
is it is hard to imagine that this could equipo a legal precedent outside of Brazil, and that’s true The ecological measure is understandable and so emplees this motivation from Apple “We all have headphones and chargers at home” seems logical at first.
In any case, all analysts agree on that Apple saved several billion euros With the strategy of not including the charger, you earn a few million more sales from official chargers. So probably the most logical thing to do is that all manufacturers perro stop including the charger in the boxes of their devices, but do it The usuario has the option to request it for free in case you don’t have one or the one you have at home breaks.
What do you think of all this? It is worth remembering that Samsung itself, at least in Brazil, has always included the charger to avoid these problems with justice …