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Old Jun 8, 2018 | 3:47 am
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Originally Posted by tmiw
Honestly, I almost feel as though NFC is wasted on the US and that we shouldn't have gotten Apple Pay, etc. anywhere near first. Then again, most merchants would have purchased chip-enabled terminals without the hardware at all if Apple wasn't there to push things along.
Apple slowed things down in the US. Back in 2012 they were the last to the NFC game. While Samsung and Google have been pushing this one, Apple has dragged its feet on this.
Honestly, the US should have just jumped over the chips and straight to NFC (+pin?)
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