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ShakataGaNai | on: Using your Apple device as an access card in unsupported systems
This is cool, do love the hacking ingenuity. And not that I want to give Apple extra credit, but they are slowly opening up NFC: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-nfc-chip-ios-18-1/ - Is is very restrictive (probably) and very late - most certainly. But at least it's slowly coming.
diggan | parent | next
> And not that I want to give Apple extra credit

No need, since they're only doing this after (again) being forced by EU regulations, https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-pay-nfc-europe-alternat..., so no extra credit handed out :)

Curious to hear what people who usually think EU regulations hinders innovation thinks of this move, since it seems like regulation actually promoted innovation in this case. Just a edge-case or perhaps something more?

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lxgr | parent | next
The only thing that's been opening up so far is Apple's cash register. From the article:

> those official solutions require manual approval, incur additional (in some cases absolutely cuckoo $$$) fees

In the EU, there is HCE, under less restrictive terms but geographically isolated.

Imagine a world in which Apple would let people just... use the expensive devices they already paid good money for! (Yeah, I can't either.)

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talldayo | parent
The fact that Apple even considered "closing" a general purpose standard like NFC is a testament to how much they are willing to drag their feet on any innovative customer-facing features.

You'd think that it was common sense to avoid that, but we are talking about the company that invented DRM for the USB protocol...

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