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The only thing that's been opening up so far is Apple's cash register. From the article: > those official solutions require manual approval, incur additional (
by lxgr 2y ago
The only thing that's been opening up so far is Apple's cash register. From the article:
> those official solutions require manual approval, incur additional (in some cases absolutely cuckoo $$$) fees
In the EU, there is HCE, under less restrictive terms but geographically isolated.
Imagine a world in which Apple would let people just... use the expensive devices they already paid good money for! (Yeah, I can't either.)
- dcrazy 2y agoThe article is 2 years old, and predates any of the iOS 18.1 changes.
- lxgr 2y agoiOS 18.1 has enabled more and deeper integrations: You can now essentially write your own, custom-logic SE applications, and more use cases are available than before. But all of that is still gated behind a ton of requirements, most importantly a required third-party lab certification [1]. I haven't found anything regarding pricing (but I'd be willing to bet it still doesn't come cheap), but even just the public requirements make this a no-go for hobbyist projects, unlike Android's HCE. [1] https://developer.apple.com/support/nfc-se-platform/ https://developer.apple.com/support/nfc-se-platform/