I'm somewhat conflicted: I can appreciate Apple wanting to make sure that apps on their platform perform and behave to their standards but it is rather obnoxious that an app on their platform MUST use their payment system (and pay them a 30% cut) as well as being prohibited from accessing certain features like NFC. I could understand enhanced review -- even a higher price to justify the closer collaboration with Apple engineers -- for payment app makers who want to use NFC but to disallow it altogether crosses the line into anti-competitive behavior. I think Apple deserves to lose this one.
I'm on the fence regarding if they should win or lose this, but I'm glad the probe is happening.