And the EU has opened an antitrust investigation on this precise topic (and on their reserving the NFC hardware for their own payments service, which also extra

And the EU has opened an antitrust investigation on this precise topic (and on their reserving the NFC hardware for their own payments service, which also extracts a fee, as I understand). This strikes me as textbook antitrust matters, that traditional laws are actually equipped to deal with. It doesn't seem legal to be the marketplace, and a provider on that marketplace, while granting yourself a 30% subsidy and building your own business based on the taxes collected by the other providers. Apple's crackdown, combined with the timing of this, is rather convenient (well, inconvenient for them).