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Re:Using your Apple device as an access card in unsupported ... by lxgr on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:59PM (#42764547)
Definitely, but it really irks me that part of that money goes to Apple for... what exactly?

I already paid for my iPhone! Why should my apartment building/employer/... have to pay a yearly fee to allow me to enter a building using it?

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Re:Using your Apple device as an access card in unsupported ... by mschuster91 on Monday January 20, 2025 @03:59AM (#42766483)
For Apple, the same thing applies. Keeping an entire zoo of operating systems safe from malicious entities requires serious work that needs to be funded somehow.
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