Maybe I'm missing something, but why does actively restricting features that people clearly want enhance user experience, and exemplify good taste? Where's the bad taste in NFC?
To be able to disable wireless with a wipe and a tap is a VERY, VERY, VERY (you get the idea) useful feature.
As I said before, this is not style, taste or anything else but a MAJOR pain.
Tech savvy people get lost in this thinking all the time. I don't get why in a startup focus environment like Hacker News I see this so often.
More doesn't mean better. I'm not trying to defend Apple here, I'm just saying that when you make a grand assumption about what the market wants based on some marketing hype, you've probably been steered in the wrong direction