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NFC is still a solution looking for a problem. It's the same issue really with EMV cards in the US, no one will install readers until there are cards, no one w
by Aloha 12y ago
NFC is still a solution looking for a problem.
It's the same issue really with EMV cards in the US, no one will install readers until there are cards, no one will issue cards until there are readers.
At the core of it, the physical card standard is 'good enough' for most people.
- hyp0 12y agoApparently in Australia, half of card transaction < $100 are by NFC (in cards). So, there's demand for it. Apple may have the market clout to drive adoption in the US. They have experience in getting partners together, to make new technology actually work. Yes, it may take time, and they may go niche by niche.
- Aloha 12y agoPerhaps I should have prefaced in the original post "In the US..."