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While I full heartily agree with you, I’m pessimistic you will ever reach enough people with these alternatives. Even on privacy forums you hear people fervently defending how banking apps are mandatory. Those will never run on anything that isn’t locked down. The eID proposal for the EU is also dependent on Android and iOS.

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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It doesn’t necessarily need to achieve mass adoption, it just needs to get to a ‘good enough’ point to make it viable for those who are willing or desperate to get away from big tech.

Linux still has plenty of people giving reasons why they won’t switch, but it’s now finally viable for many, including myself. I just want mobile Linux to get to that point too, even if there’s still rough edges.

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0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

how banking apps are mandatory.

This i don’t get, i’d rather use home-banking from my home PC.

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- artyom@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  A lot of banks require their personal apps as 2FA to access your account. I would never agree to that.
  
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- LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yes but you can’t motherfucker, don’t you understand that? In most of the world you have to use the app, you CANNOT use online banking without the bank’s app on your phone, it is the only way to sign in, there is no “home banking”, and you are not even allowed to enter a physical bank location on the high street without being intercepted by a ghoul telling you to use the app or fuck off, you cannot call the bank because they have no public number, you do everything via the app or you cannot do anything.
  
  Most of the time you don’t even have a bank card, just the bank card details in the bank app on your phone that are automatically added to Google Pay, and you use that because near everything is cashless and NFC.
  
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  - sadfitzy@ttrpg.network ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I don’t need to use an app to manage my bank account.
    
    Sounds like you people have shitty banks. Maybe it’s time to switch?
    
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    Ofiuco@piefed.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Sure, come to México and tell me which local bank allows me to not use an app at all and I'll switch
    
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  - Ofiuco@piefed.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I love how you are getting downvoted for getting frustrated with people who can't see beyond their own nose.
    
    I fully agree with you, these people just don't want to admit some of us don't have the privilege of choosing since all the options end up on forcing a banking app one way or another.
    Because it is a fucking privilege at this point.
    
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  - 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m glad i don’t live in those parts of the world and the only mom i fuck is yours, she says hi.
    
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