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dominikhoffmann said:

commentzilla said:

Monopoly! Lock in! 

You’re right! By what’s been happening to Apple lately, it seems like they have to open-source every innovation that would otherwise lead to ecosystem lock-in.

rob53 said:

rhbellmor said:

As an Apple shareholder I hope Apple has factored this cost of doing business in Europe into their pricing in Europe.  Seems to me Europe looks at large U.S. tech companies like Apple to pay for their bloated national budgets.

The US already supports a lot of the EU making these stupid lawsuits revolting. The EU doesn’t make many products used worldwide, especially compared to the USA. I hope Apple starts charging a high tax on everything going to the EU. The USA will continue to support a dying continent and the EU needs to remember that. 

ctt_zh said:

studiomusic said:

ctt_zh said:

omasou said:

Charge a license fee to use the technology or like MC and Visa charge a per transaction fee + percentage.

MC and Visa only charge a fee when they're providing a service don't they? What service would Apple be providing in this instance to warrant charging a fee / percentage? 

Building, maintaining, and selling the actual device this is used on?

Or was that free for Apple to make this platform available?

Samsung doesn't charge a license / fee for using its NFC chip. Google doesn't charge a license / fee for using its NFC chip. It would be very odd for only Apple to charge for using its NFC chip, something that should've been open from day one...