That's obviously your choice, but if that frustrates you, make sure to ask Apple...

sureIy · 2025-01-20T20:33:12 1737405192

Luckily the EU and Apple already reached an agreement for this, however it seems to be limited to payments only: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_...

> To address the Commission's competition concerns, Apple initially offered the following commitments:

> - To allow third-party wallet providers access to the NFC input on iOS devices free of charge

EU only of course. I'd be interested in seeing the EU overstep a bit and force Apple to apply EU rules worldwide, either "on all devices" or "on all devices sold in the EU, even while traveling."