Oh no, triggered, outraged that other countries dare have laws which do not fully embrace Apple, because snowflake Apple although the richest company in the world might disappear if anyone ask anything of it, beleaguered days will soon be upon us again.
Why would you need to unlock and open up the bank's app? Isn't the point of the regulation to force Apple to provide the same access to third-party providers as it does to its own app?
I already use multiple financial companies with Apple Pay. Who exactly are they supposed to be opening it up to? Do they mean letting the iPhone be compatible with things like Samsung Pay?
Still, I'm becoming increasingly frustrated by what I see as an egregious anti-American bias by various governments in the EU nowadays.
People who claim that Apple somehow has a "monopoly" are using specious logic. Apple competes with numerous other platforms, each of which contains an ecosystem combining hardware and software. Apple no more has a monopoly on its own software than Ford has a monopoly on the software running in its cars.
I'm sure having the US president go over there and call them all a bunch of deadbeats really helped.
How is there not fair competition between e-wallet payment providers? How is Apple Pay blocking any other company from offering an e-wallet type payment system? Didn't stop PayPal, didn't stop Android, didn't stop Samsung -- heck, it didn't even stop Walmart!
I expect Apple is signaling that they will take this to court if its not withdrawn, and of course it's not law in the rest of the EU so Apple's got a very strong case here ... not to mention that Apple neither owns nor controls any part of NFC (the system all these e-payment products use). Very bizarre move from Germany.
I had to laugh at these two lines. This sounds just like good ol' American politics.
In a late-night session on Wednesday, a German parliamentary committee suddenly voted to pressure Apple into to offering Apple Pay to rival providers in Germany. ... "It's quite unusual for the Chancellor's office to try and stop something in the last minute," said Jens Zimmermann, a senior lawmaker from the Social Democrats (SPD), junior coalition partners to Merkel's conservatives.
Of course she tried to stop it last-minute... you PASSED it last-minute!
To those who criticize this, just a piece of information : the Parisian Transit Authority (RATP), in charge of tube stations, has been unable to reach an agreement with Apple concerning contactless payments. As a result, only Androïd devices (in addition to local credit cards, which are for most of them contactless capable), can be used as a contactless device to pay Parisian tube fees ....
If local credit cards work that your Apple device will work if it is tied to one of those cards.
Apple system is just a computer-generated per device supplementary card. If your bank is willing to work with Apple to set up the link it will work anywhere the card works wirelessly.
Australian banks already lost the case of claiming that not having direct access to NFC hardware was anti-competitive when Apple already offered a low friction better security way at a reasonable fee.
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I expect Apple is signaling that they will take this to court if its not withdrawn, and of course it's not law in the rest of the EU so Apple's got a very strong case here ... not to mention that Apple neither owns nor controls any part of NFC (the system all these e-payment products use). Very bizarre move from Germany.
In a late-night session on Wednesday, a German parliamentary committee suddenly voted to pressure Apple into to offering Apple Pay to rival providers in Germany.
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"It's quite unusual for the Chancellor's office to try and stop something in the last minute," said Jens Zimmermann, a senior lawmaker from the Social Democrats (SPD), junior coalition partners to Merkel's conservatives.
Of course she tried to stop it last-minute... you PASSED it last-minute!
I'm not sure how long I can restrain myself.