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Whether web or native is better is hardly relevant to the core of this issue IMO, which is about fundamental rights to admin our own devices. Having to make a n
by nperez 1y ago
Whether web or native is better is hardly relevant to the core of this issue IMO, which is about fundamental rights to admin our own devices. Having to make a network request to fetch an external resource every time you want to run code on your own device is sort of a non-solution to this problem.
For a while, I had stopped flashing custom ROMs because the default Android experience was good enough for me, but it looks like this is now necessary again.
- oniony 1y agoAnd then you cannot use your phone for payments.
- jech 1y ago> And then you cannot use your phone for payments. That's why you have a debit card. And if your bank won't give you a debit card, you find a better bank.
- em-bee 1y agoone of my banks requires an app on my phone or desktop. the android app does not work on /e/OS, it needs an original google android system. the desktop app runs only on original windows (tested wine, it doesn't work) for any payment i make. only withdrawing cash from an ATM doesn't need 2FA.
- fc417fc802 1y agoYou clearly need to switch to a bank that isn't user hostile. Also we are obviously in dire need of legislation preventing such behavior.
- em-bee 1y agothe android app used to work until a few months ago, but they updated their system and forced everyone to switch.
- jech 1y agoHave you tried calling your bank advisor to see what they can recommend? (You do have a phone number to call, right?)
- em-bee 1y agodo you mean ask my bank what they recommend? other than getting a new phone or a windows computer, what exactly should they tell me?
- jech 1y agoYes, I mean explaining to your bank advisor that you cannot run their app, and asking whether they can recommend any solutions other than switching banks. They must have a number of elderly customers, and they most certainly have something to propose to them. It worked for me, in a European country with very high smartphone usage (you can pay on the bus by scanning a QR code). Twice.
- Speedy218 1y agoIt's super convenient storing your payment card in your phone securely though and not having to carry around another card which can be stolen or lost at any time, it's nice simply taking your phone out and holding it to a reader than taking out an entire card, yet again another useful device functionality purposefully neutered under the guise of security.