Fingers crossed that this differs from the EU legislation in that it enables true sideloading rather than the faux sideloading we got in the EU! All it would take is for a single country to mandate this, and then dedicated users from around the world would be able to experience software freedom by spoofing their location.
Ninety days…or what? Both the article and the linked story in the article don’t seem to explain the consequences and I imagine at Apple’s scale, they can afford to blow off quite a bit, especially if they want to avoid setting a precedent that they will easily comply.
Honestly, people said the same thing when the EU demanded Apple allow sideloading and they quite well caved in on that, even if they were a bit rules-lawyering it (and continue to do so).
The company would have 20 days to comply with Brazil’s antitrust legislation, otherwise it would be fined more than $40,000 a day.
That is still on the injunction from November, but I guess that also applies to the current order.
I mean, that’s probably way less than the daily earnings of the iPhone platform (hardware and software), but usually, that increases with ongoing non-compliance.
I suggested the
lawtag.I’d love to hear a spokesperson clarify their use of the plural “markets” in this sentence.
added the law tag, thanks for reminding me it exists.
Thanks, I just added it to the tracker:
https://doesioshavesideloadingyet.com/#which-countries-are-legislating-sideloading
Fingers crossed that this differs from the EU legislation in that it enables true sideloading rather than the faux sideloading we got in the EU! All it would take is for a single country to mandate this, and then dedicated users from around the world would be able to experience software freedom by spoofing their location.
Ninety days…or what? Both the article and the linked story in the article don’t seem to explain the consequences and I imagine at Apple’s scale, they can afford to blow off quite a bit, especially if they want to avoid setting a precedent that they will easily comply.
Honestly, people said the same thing when the EU demanded Apple allow sideloading and they quite well caved in on that, even if they were a bit rules-lawyering it (and continue to do so).
The 9to5Mac article has something:
That is still on the injunction from November, but I guess that also applies to the current order.
I mean, that’s probably way less than the daily earnings of the iPhone platform (hardware and software), but usually, that increases with ongoing non-compliance.
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/06/brazilian-court-apple-sideloading-ios/
I am not sure, but I’d suspect if they don’t comply there will be increasingly larger fines.