> This is proved time and time again: it's just more convenient for service providers (banks, shops, transport companies etc.) to support only the Apple platfor

> This is proved time and time again: it's just more convenient for service providers (banks, shops, transport companies etc.) to support only the Apple platform. Is this really true, though? I'm in the US, where Apple is strongest, and I have never seen a payment terminal that accepted Apple Pay and didn't accept alternative NFC-based payment methods like Google Wallet. On the face of it I'd be shocked if any substantial number of payment terminal manufacturers decided that it was worth it to add the hardware to do NFC payments but not the software required to reach the ~40% of the USA that uses Android phones. Nor have I ever seen a service that I was locked out of because they only provided an iOS app (no Android or web app).