It has to do with a law about 'tied sales' where you can't sell something that requires people to buy a second thing in order to for the first thing to work.
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.
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.
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.