Australian court on Tuesday fined U. S. electronics giant Apple A$9 million (6.7 million dollars) for “bricking” .
The fine was done after a regulator accused it of using a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties.
The Australian Competitor and Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued the world’s biggest company by market value for “bricking” – or using a software update to disable – hundreds of smart phones.
It was also disabling tablet devices and then refusing to unlock them if the devices had been serviced by non-Apple repairers.
On Tuesday, the Australian Federal Court found in the regulator’s favour, saying Apple had breached the country’s consumer law by telling some 275 customers they were not eligible for a remedy if their device had been repaired by a third party.
“The mere fact that an iPhone or iPad had been repaired by someone other than Apple did not, and could not, result in the consumer guarantees ceasing to…
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