I got this ad notification as well. Immediately disabled notifications, but really made me want to switch to a different wallet. Any reccos? Can 3p wallets be access via a Lock Screen shortcut?
Well the EU forced Apple to open up NFC to other payment providers so if you're there you might have some options (I'm not sure myself as I don't use an iPhone)
That's the great thing about open source. Apple's moves here will pay off in the short term but over the long term this kind of behaviour can only drive away more people.
That was kind of their whole bet with rebranding vendor lock-in as an "Ecosystem" right? Get people to buy in and make it painful to leave, even when they become shitty.
I think that's everybody's plan with lock-in. I doubt any management has ever seriously thought, "We need to lock people in, because we're going to always be the best."
On another note, it surprises me that many on HN seem to be pro lock-in.