God I fucking LOVED my windows phone. Nokia body, windows OS, and no one fucked with making viruses because eleventeen people bought one in total.
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rtxn@lemmy.world 2 months agoAll of the alternatives eventually run into the same “Will my banking app work on it?” problem. App economy is the one thing that can’t be solved by throwing software engineers at it, and it is what caused the death of Windows Phone.
Shumina@lemmus.org 2 months ago
DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
🤣 Man… that phone from The Saint with the slide out full sized keyboard though. Peek Nokia.
xelar@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Lumias before Microsoft’ acquisition were peak phones.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They should work in a browser no?
PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 months ago
Not for things like check deposits, unfortunately
Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it 2 months ago @PabloSexcrowbar @anon_8675309 When my bank _doesn't_ allow check deposits via website, I will switch banks. Ain't installing a stupid app for a _bank_ of all things, and why would I bank from a device that I could accidentally lose at the grocery store?
homik@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Well, that’s fine since it isn’t 1982 anymore. Right?
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Many banks require apps for 2FA. This varies greatly by country.
cactus_head@programming.dev 2 months ago
There are open source 2FA. They require like specific apps OTP or something else?
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You have to use the bank’s own app to 2FA.
DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Right. It wasn’t the zune guy, limited adoption, Microserfs killing the platform after 7 years or a general lack of interest, a climate of distrust after 10 years of garbage operating systems with new logos and the same Windows NT internals…
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
my banking app already doesn’t work on my phone, because it doesn’t like termux:x11 and an autoclicker i have installed for an idle game