EDIT: > But the judge rejected the argument, saying the cable didn't work with wall adapters lacking a USB-C port, with which the Apple charger was designed.
I really don't follow this reasoning. It sounds more like Apple is having some political trouble in Brazil and this is the evolution of it.
Hadn't thought about that but I think that's the real take here. Since I can't make sense of any other reason they gave.
But this is more akin to shipping with an adaptor to the standard nozzle but not the pump. And you can buy 3rd party pumps and adaptors with whatever ends you want.
https://www.milwaukeebrasil.com/rebitador-m18-fuel-onekey-26...
Apparently they do, I suspect Apple didn't put the required "ugly sticker" on the box.
They also didn't buy that it reduced waste since they sell it separately.
Personally, it would reduce waste for me. I have a ton of those plugs and cables in many combinations.
But I could see how some people might not have it yet.
Perhaps Apple should have offered it for free for a couple years if you ask for it, rather than include it by default, and maybe they would have been better off here.
Edit: I'm wondering if I misread it. Is it a proprietary plug on the charger end of the cord? If so, that makes a little more sense, though there are generics for it for a while now anyhow.
But that's a bizarre take from the judge as well. Obviously the claim isn't that no charger is needed. It's that you need way fewer chargers than devices, so shipping a charger with every device is indeed just waste.
Iphones come with a Lightning (proprietary) to USB-C (standard) cable but no USB-C (or any other) brick. So there shouldn't be anything proprietary needed to plug it in.
Oculus' free rubber insert for example. I have a third party one that I like and didn't need the one Oculus offered, so I didn't take them up on it.
It'll partially reduce their cost right now and get people used to the idea that it won't be there in the future, instead of this shock where it's just not there, but expected.