For a few years now , the iPhone and Apple Watch have contained an NFC circle which is used for the mobile payment solution Apple Pay .
NowReutersreports – based on unnamed sources “ familiar with the subject ” – that the EU ’s antitrust governor mean to shoot down Apple with anticompetitive behaviour , as they believe that the NFC chip should be open up up to alternative payment arrangement such as Google Pay and Samsung Pay .
Apple has previously fence that such a modification would be detrimental to user - friendliness , data protection and the security of financial selective information . And if the ship’s company can evidence that it take to lock NFC to Apple Pay only for protection reasons , there is a possibility that it will be able to nullify either opening it up or incurring penalisation .
Nevertheless the news comes as yet another blow surveil several years of attempt on Apple ’s line practices . Various groups and governor under the EU umbrella have threatened toban Apple TV+for its lack of European substance and want to draw the company to switch its iPhonesfrom Lightning to USB - C. The company has been penalise for , accused of and investigated for anticompetitive behaviour inRussia , Spain , France , the UKandthe US , as well asthe EU itself .
It ’s deserving bearing in intellect , however , that process of this nature take a tenacious metre , in particular when the EU is involved . EU regulators are currently drafting a “ statement of objections ” , according to Reuters ’ sources , and this wo n’t even be sent to Apple until 2022 . The company will then have meter to reply , and there will be back and forths , and unhurriedness , and any ruling that is eventually settled on will itself come with a generous timeframe for compliance .
In other words , do n’t obligate your breath for aniPhone 14with Google Pay .
This clause originally appeared onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and additional reporting by David Price .
