I am sorely tempted, but its unlikely my banking apps and very specific work 2fa app is anything but Apple and Android compatible. I am almost at the stage of getting a second phone for day to day, and keeping my old for specific apps
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You should consider changing bank if they don't provide a regular website with at least the same functions as their app.
Most banks these days need their app as well to log in to their website because of forced two factor authentication
Ah yes, so easy. Just change banks bro.
Sometimes I wonder if there are any acual adults using Linux. Lol
Actually, what is hard about changing banks? I give my bank info to as few entities as possible. And almost all of them would take a few clicks and possibly a few days to verify some tiny transaction and I would be done. Changing credit cards is far harder. But also. Why are you using the banks app on your phone. That phone is probably the least secure electronic you own. The attack surface on that thing is absolutely huge.
Have you considered that maybe not everyone is like you?
We are all unique, just like everyone else.
But it was a serious question actually. Probably doesn't read that way though. I'm on the older side, so I might not know about what the kids are doing with thier bank accounts these days.
The new bank will happily organise anything for you, and if not, it is not the right bank, because they clearly don’t want you as customer, like this.
Customer support generally gets worse as you are longer at the same bank because you are more and more less likely to switch your bank staying at a bank. They invest in the customers they see risks of loosing or see a change of winning the most.
It could be up to hours of mild inconvenience!
just give us a headphone jack and removable storage and you'll have a customer for life.
I wouldn't mind easily swappable batteries
Check out the Fairphone 5
Good specs for the price. No headphone jack tho.
True, but replaceable everything. And as sustainable (environmentally and socially) as smartphones come.
Xperia 1 VI?
Government should make standards for banks to support different operating systems. Not particularly well known OS.
Cool, does it run on a Galaxy Xcover6 Pro with a Verizon plan? I bet it doesn't, nothing does besides the big-2 OS's it seems.
I can't wait for Linux phones to be stable enough for a daily driver.
Likewise, brother. But at the current rate, we are still a few years away. :-(
2026 will be the year of the linux phone
Please stop. I can’t get my dick back into my trousers.
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give me ANYTHING that's open-source and not tied to google or apple. i don't care if it's shit. i'm old. i just need a phone and maybe some pics and browsing.
SailfishOS is fully functional and usable if you do not need any playstore-only apps. Even then they have now implemented microg in v5.0
GrapheneOS is an open-source Android fork lots of people like, it's what I'm planning on using once I get a new phone
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