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Re:UK government's battle with Apple over EU citizens app by notoverthere on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:47AM (#18353361)
It's really silly – but Apple keep the NFC functionality exclusively for use by Apple Pay. Whilst it is NFC, Apple have never marketed it as such. Presumably they want people to think that it's just Apple Pay 'magic'.
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Re:UK government's battle with Apple over EU citizens app by wlesieutre on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:52AM (#18353386)
Not just Apple Pay anymore, they also use it for certain transit cards and student ID cards. New phones can read tags and launch the appropriate app (via notification like Camera gives you for QR code reading): https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/12/2018-iphones-background...
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Re:UK government's battle with Apple over EU citizens app by fredley on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:22AM (#18353616)
But they prevent competition with their own services in myriad ways already via their review process. Try building your own app store, for example.
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