After being forced to concede to the Digital Markets Act in the EU, Apple released very different products across the world. Apple Intelligence — one of the major selling points of the iPhone 16 — was not available in the EU for a long time. However, iPhone owners in the EU got access to sideloaded apps and third party payments amidst other changes.
It was also because of pressure from the EU that Apple brought the USB-C port to its phones. Thankfully it was deemed more economical to give every iPhone around the world a USB-C port and the Lightning connector was phased out.
Apple’s coveted walled garden has been crumbling for some time now, including ridiculous secret demands like the U.K. asking for every Apple user’s data. Brazil isn’t the first country to make demands like this from Apple and it very likely won’t be the last if I had to guess.
