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I tried to find an iOS bitcoin wallet. Turns out, Apple pulled them all from the store because they have mobile payment ambitions - and one doesn't let predators into ones own garden. The walled garden is beautiful, but innovation is relentlessly weeded out by its tenders. I much prefer iOS, but I was seriously creeped out by their anti-competitive practices. I can't run the software I wish to, so I'm going to buy an Android phone, even though I'd much prefer an Apple product that actually lets me run competitive software.


> ... Apple pulled them all from the store because they have mobile payment ambitions - and one doesn't let predators into ones own garden.

And yet Pingit is still in the app store. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/barclays-pingit/id496552142


Search for it on your iPhone. It's no longer there.




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