Apple Wallet showing ads in notifications

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Apple wallet passes can show notifications on updates. You can go to pass settings and turn off this notifications.

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?

Duplicating first-party functionality is against Apple's developer ToS, so no, you aren't going to find an alternative.

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)

Makes me want to bail on Apple altogether given it's the antithesis of the company I once loved. They're so lost [and proud of it]

Can third parties fully replace Apple Wallet functionality? I know NFC is accessible now, but can they do payments?

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44368854

Enshittification is an amazing thing.

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.

Whats that called again? Stockholm Syndrome?

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