Why is NFC needed in this case? Regardless of this being a potential security risk (which it is, but it's not my point here), does it provide any additional value over a QR scan, which can easily store a URL or a contact information?

Huffman argued this week that Reddit is a business, telling NPR “it’s time we grow up and behave like an adult company.”

First sign to be a grown up company is to tackle major changes with an appropiate timeline and get feedback from the community that helped you get where you are now. Also, if you really want to kill 3rd party apps, be transparent and say it instead of setting ridicule high prices and pretending those are market numbers.

Huffman has also said that the protests have had little impact on the company financially.

Yet there he is, forcing subreddits to reopen and giving interviews to major tech outlets daily.

What a clown.

I see your point, but seems the same effort as a QR scan

Haven't seen them in any store yet, but looking at the traction that SMT had it would make sense to add them soon

Depends on how it's configured by the company. I've faced in the past the situation of having to login with the company email to be able to use the MFA with a propietary app, which meant I needed to enroll into the BYOD policy and it includes remote device management.

Ended up installing an emulator in the work laptop just for that purpose and left the company shortly after.