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_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 days agowell bad news, Google is going to be going walled garden soon as well, so the only options for apps will be google-approved ones. you can bet those options are going to quickly enshitify once you don’t have a choice in using them.
I’m getting a Linux phone soon so I can get out of this duopoly entirely.
I’m this close to getting a fucking TomTom. I need something that can do turn by turn navigation in a car, ideally through Android Auto, but nothing good goes on Android Auto anymore.
How long until we crack this protocol anyway so we can use Linux phones with Android Auto?
BangelaQuirkel@lemmy.world 2 days ago
2026 is the year of the Linux phone
Attacker94@lemmy.world 2 days ago
More like 2026 + 10, Linux phones are severely lagging behind, enough so that they are at least 10 years away from having enough adoption for banks and the like to recognize their existence, the annoying truth is that it cannot be mainstream until it is able to use these critical apps with no workarounds as “it works but isn’t allowed” will be the death knell of any amount of mainstream appeal.
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I’m so tired of hearing people cry about banking apps. If you’ve got a working web browser you’ll survive.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
or do the smart thing and don’t do banking or other incredibly important stuff on a device that is easily stolen
Attacker94@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hiw do you deal with 2fa? For capital one in particular, I don’t believe there is an option not to use their app, and the other banks that I use are in the same boat or adamantly recommend to use their app.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
first of all, you can bank in a browser on a mobile phone just fine. second of all, don’t do your banking on your phone. that is a horrible idea and is one of the reasons mobile phone theft is so lucrative, because people are so obliging to keep their entire financial information downloaded to a single device.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s amazing how Americans love poking their nose into everyone else’s affairs yet can be so oblivious. For some people a phone is literally the only device they have, they can’t do anything else.
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
[Citation needed]
The most common reason for mobile phone theft is to wipe it and sell it, or just dismantle it for parts.
No common thief is going to be trying to break into an iPhone’s security system to get to someone’s banking data.
Attacker94@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How do you deal with 2fa? For capital one in particular, I don’t believe there is an option not to use their app, and the other banks that I use are in the same boat or adamantly recommend to use their app.