Mario Zúñiga and Dario Oliveira Neto on Brazil’s New iOS App Marketplace Rules
ICLE Senior Competition Scholars Mario Zúñiga and Dario Oliveira Neto were quoted in Gadget Hacks discussing Brazil’s new iOS app marketplace rules and the competition implications of Apple opening its ecosystem to alternative app distribution and third-party payment systems. Read the full article here.
The settlement date has been reported inconsistently across sources. CADE’s own official announcement states the agreement was signed on December 23, while Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law & Economicsplace it on December 29. The formal CADE announcement gives December 23 as the signing date; the later date may reflect when the agreement became effective or was published. Either way, Apple had 105 days to implement the required changes, which by either date puts the implementation deadline in early-to-mid April 2026, roughly five to six weeks before the iOS 26.5 release.