As the comments in that thread make clear - European companies already offer similar devices that work over Bluetooth or lightning and support chip+pin cards.
As usual, Apple does something, and people lost their shit in a frenzy of fud.
Notice that many of the comments pointing out just how ridiculous that post is are being buried.
Square has been de-emphasizing their swipe reader for a while now after they released their Apple Pay/chip card reader. I think the others are moving the same way finally.
Or, like hundreds of buried comments point out.. use the adapter.
As usual, Apple does something, and people lost their shit in a frenzy of fud.