I’ve been looking into moving towards a more privacy friendly OS on my phones; I’ve been deGoogling my phones to the maximum extension I can manage, deactivating stock apps and putting in as much FOSS possible.
But what other options are there out there?
I don’t want to go full out into Linux Phone territory, as I am not tech savvy enough to maintain a phone on that line, and I have two bank and a carrier applications I would like to keep using.
As I write this, Murena and their /e/ OS seems to be a good option, as they have some accessibly priced equipments and the OS itself seems to be a clean(er) Android.
The banking sector is changing for more of a retail commerce platform and most of banks are giving more options within apps.
For the record Fuck the banks i am just answering you why people prefer the apps.
I suppose I’ve been lucky. I use my phone for calls, texts, and browsing the web. I’ve never had to use it for banking as I handle that at home on a pc for well over a decade now.
More people carry a smartphone nowadays than those that have a computer at home. Banks are not stupid; they cater to the clientele and that clientele is shifting towards apps at an accelerated pace. There are a couple of banks operating in my country that don’t even have any other access but their app: no website, no physical locations.
I would leave my bank the moment they stopped supporting browser access. I’m not relying on an app to handle banking.
From what I’ve gathered, needing banking apps to participate in society is growing more common in Europe than the US, but i could be wrong there.