I think it is great that you guys have strong consumer protection, and I sometimes wish that the US had stronger consumer protection laws.
But, one downside is that the cost associated with consumer protection laws and stuff like mandatory warranty coverage gets carried down to the consumers themselves. I remember a few articles recently with a lot of complaints about the price difference from the US to some of the overseas markets.
As it is said often in the Accounting world, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
I don't know about this. I all for Apple for protecting the consumer from things, but they do this by bricking the device? How about a warning, or disclaimer saying that there might be a consumer violation. Apple loves the warning disclaimers, look at the annoying pop-up on CarPlay.