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		comex on Oct 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Retailers are disabling NFC readers to shut out Ap... Note that it's currently impossible for third party apps to support NFC on iOS. Could change, of course.

MBCook on Oct 26, 2014 [–]

Doesn't matter if it changes. They disabled the NFC readers and wouldn't be able to re-enable them without re-enabling Apple Pay since it's based on the industry standard NFC technology.

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