[blockross]

Precisely. I wonder in which proportion this decision was made to prevent shop owners from using these small credit card readers connected to the audio port and push Apple Pay down their throat.

That's the first thing I thought about after the initial laugh and I'm surprised it's not talked about more. Not saying it's the main reason but I can't believe it was not mentioned during the decision-making process.

[throwanem]

> I wonder in which proportion this decision was made to prevent shop owners from using these small credit card readers connected to the audio port and push Apple Pay down their throat.

As far as the hardware's concerned, a Square reader is a microphone. Microphones work via the Lightning adapter. I see no a priori reason to imagine that a Square reader won't work that way, too.