There was a legitimate sale, without any breach of ToS. And while it is up to Apple to decide who can and can’t use their ecosystem (although given their size, I strongly believe that regulations need to be made to avoid replatforming people), rendering not just a device but potentially multiple devices of a number of users over a few hundred dollars mistake would open Apple up to a lawsuit that would be in the thousands for most partakers - as most people only buy iPads as a late addition to their Apple ecosystem, meaning Apple just locked them out of their legitimate phones, laptops, watches, TVs, etc.
Not to mention that this was a third party retailer, who can’t just willy-nilly block Apple accounts…
From the article, it isn’t Apple that is asking for the money. It’s the retailer. You just won’t be able to shop at their store anymore.
And I’m not aware of any laws related to preventing a company to refuse service for any reason (other than protected classes in America.) (And yes, I know this is outside of the US, so please correct me if you know of a specific one in the EU.)
That would be incredibly illegal.
There was a legitimate sale, without any breach of ToS. And while it is up to Apple to decide who can and can’t use their ecosystem (although given their size, I strongly believe that regulations need to be made to avoid replatforming people), rendering not just a device but potentially multiple devices of a number of users over a few hundred dollars mistake would open Apple up to a lawsuit that would be in the thousands for most partakers - as most people only buy iPads as a late addition to their Apple ecosystem, meaning Apple just locked them out of their legitimate phones, laptops, watches, TVs, etc.
Not to mention that this was a third party retailer, who can’t just willy-nilly block Apple accounts…
From the article, it isn’t Apple that is asking for the money. It’s the retailer. You just won’t be able to shop at their store anymore.
And I’m not aware of any laws related to preventing a company to refuse service for any reason (other than protected classes in America.) (And yes, I know this is outside of the US, so please correct me if you know of a specific one in the EU.)