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Isn't that what the AppStore review process is for?

Or why not provide an extra approval process for the NFC API?

On the other hand they were not so concerned with bad actors when releasing AirTags.

Feels more that it's about control than safety and like that kind of decision that got them into all the antitrust probes in the first place.

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App store review can only catch so much, and isn't able to analyze the actual code. It's one way for them to gate malicious code.

And providing extra approval process for the NFC API is exactly what they're doing here.

AirTags actually have a lot of design in them to thwart bad actors so your comment there is incorrect or ignoring all the anti stalker measures in there.

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