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The ACCC chairman nailed it:

"Other issues in particular stood out, according to Mr Sims:

• Apple and Android compete for consumers with distinct business models. If the banks were successful in obtaining access to tap-and-go smartphone technology, it would affect Apple's integrated hardware-software strategy for mobile payments and operating systems more generally and impact how Apple competed with Google, the consumer watchdog said.
• Digital wallets and mobile payments were in their infancy and subject to rapid change. While consumers were used to making tap-and-go payments with payment cards, there was a range of alternative devices for mobile payments such as using a smartwatch or fitness device. Access to the technology in iPhones for the banks was "likely to hamper the innovations that are currently occurring" for mobile payments and could reduce the competitive tension between the banks in the supply of payment cards, the ACCC found.
• Apple Wallet and other multi-issuer digital wallets could increase competition between the banks by making it easier for consumers to switch between card providers and limiting any "lock-in" effect that bank digital wallets might cause, the watchdog said."

http://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/banks-lose-battle-to-band-together-against-apple-20170330-gvaj4i.html

Soli said:

gatorguy said:

Soli said:

There's absolutely no way that MPEG settling with Google in 2015 means that there can be no other issues from MPEG or from any other potential patent holder. It's illogically to make any such claim.

Well you are correct that anything is possible, even if unlikely. Apple doesn't seem to typically avoid including features over the possibility that there might be someone someday that sues them for infringing some patent potentially connected to it. So I don't personally think Apple's decision (so far) not to support Google's royalty-free VP9 is due to that either. 

From what I've seen since Apple's rebirth is that they're overly cautious about potential legal pitfalls because of their excessive mindshare, and they still sued out the ass for the most ridiculous shit. Today I saw an article about Apple having a monopoly on iOS app on the iOS App Store, and then a couple weeks ago it was suing Apple because an idiot driver decided to use FaceTime.

There's a group of companies that has splintered off from MPEG-LA that says they're going to go after end user royalties for H.265. Ah, checked my old post, HEVC Advance is the group. H.265 was originally in the specs for the iPhone 6S, then the HEVC Advance threats about royalties came out and suddenly all mention of H.265 was pulled from everything.

A quick check and HEVC Advance announced a new 'initiative' on Nov. 22nd. It'll come down to how much they want to slug companies like Apple for it: 

http://www.hevcadvance.com/pdfnew/SoftwarePressReleaseNEWNov-22-2016.pdf