[huhtenberg]

Wouldn't adding a "Print receipt" button on a merchant's device solve the "cusomters demand receipts" concern?

And they are building a platform. They will likely to open it up sooner rather than later too, they just can't take on CC companies alone.

[refulgentis]

Nope, unless you want to integrate with a receipt printer manufacturer, and now all of a sudden you're beholden to that - there's many technical issues because now you need a preferred router manufacturer too, so the iPad can talk to the printer.

Sure, I've been hearing forever that they must be going to, eventually, etc etc. hasn't panned out and it's been literally years