There's only smartphone platforms, apple and android.neither is perfect. Google drops apps and services it it does not have millions of users or it does not mak

There's only smartphone platforms, apple and android.neither is perfect. Google drops apps and services it it does not have millions of users or it does not make a profit eg Google reader I use android I can sideload apps on my phone. Google does not seem to copy popular apps like apple does Apple is unlikely to provide an option to pay via PayPal or some credit card unless its forced to by Congress, like the EU forced Microsoft to provide a browser ballot Eg choose Firefox , chrome etc instead of Internet explorer years ago before Windows 10 was released Companys realise more and more products will be bought online using apps, if you can get people used to using apple pay or Google payment services you have an almost unlimited source of income. Even if apple is forced to allow apps to be paid with Other finance options like mastercard will they be easy to use will they have access to the api that apple uses for contact less payment We have seen before in tech the public tends to use the most easy to use app or services, it's easy to just put in your credit card into the apple app once and just buy any app or service with a few clicks without thinking about it The law is slow to catch up with tech. 10 tears ago people did not expect consumers to be Able to buy products and services using a smartphone app. Apple was the first company to offer an easy to use app to buy music or TV shows on a mobile device. The first music apps on phones were limited and hard to use