[stetrain]

There's a big difference between causing interference in a receiver a few inches away versus an airplane 1000ft above you.

It may be that this charger passes the legal requirements while still causing small amounts of interference when placed near a receiver.

[pnpnp]

There’s also a big difference between one charger emitting some noise, and a couple million in a big city raising the noise floor for the frequency.

[Clamchop]

It's not Apple's job to determine if there's a problem with that and regulations on this issue are, so far as I'm aware, treated very seriously.

[pnpnp]

Sorry - I can clarify a little. If it complies with regulations, Apple is definitely not at fault.

I was just replying to the above comment which could read “a little noise from a single device isn’t a big deal.”

It is definitely up to regulators to decide what is acceptable, and up to Apple to meet those regulations. It’s still a little unclear from the OP whether or not the spurious emissions meet transmission requirements, but it definitely a good place to do further lab tests for compliance.

[TylerE]

We're talking "little" as in "need a powerful microscope to see it", not "small".

[Clamchop]

Maybe! Seems a little unlikely that Apple could fly something like that under the radar, not for very long, but mistakes happen.

Do bodies like the FCC independently verify compliance?

[TylerE]

Inverse square law dude. We're talking about nanowatts, at most, here.