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I wonder why no antimonopolist issue was raised there by e.g. EU. Like they did for NFC in Germany - they forced all phones with NFC to be open to use by differ

by krzyk 7y ago

I wonder why no antimonopolist issue was raised there by e.g. EU. Like they did for NFC in Germany - they forced all phones with NFC to be open to use by different apps, which might finally bring other pay solutions to iOS (or non NFC capable iphones to Germany).

Despegar 7y ago
The NFC issue isn't related to antitrust. If they thought they could make an antitrust case against Apple they would. But their market share is so low in Germany, and the EU, that they just passed a law instead (specifically an amendment to an anti-money laundering law). It remains to be seen if it's even constitutional.