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Brazil judge fines Apple $20 million over chargerless iPhones
This file photo shows an Apple logo outside Bill Graham Civic Auditorium before the start of an event in San Francisco, California.
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A Brazilian judge fined Apple $20 million Thursday for selling iPhones without chargers, calling it an "abusive practice" that forces customers to buy an additional product.
The decision, which can be appealed, came after Brazil's justice ministry slapped a separate fine of nearly $2.5 million on Apple in September over the same issue and barred the US tech giant from selling its iPhone 12 and 13 models without chargers.
