I use Ubuntu touch as a personal device, which has zero support for banking apps, meaning I have to have a backup Android device. My work phone is a pixel 6 running graphene OS, which manages to run all of my banking apps just fine. (Though admittedly I ‘got lucky’ in the sense that my banks are supported by graphene OS)

Graphene, or any other alternative to the big 2, aren’t perfect and don’t cover all banks, but graphene is by far the frontrunner for a viable alternative. If you haven’t toyed around with it and get the opportunity, id definitely recommend it.

I really hope we do see further Linux phone development, but without buy-in from the banks themselves, they will not be supported for the same reason Graphene isn’t. The only difference is Graphene allows sandboxing play integrity to navigate the “Google has to say it’s okay” nonsense. It’s a rock and a hard place problem; the banks won’t support without mass adoption, and mass adoption won’t happen due to lack of banking support.

I think sailfish OS has a similar integrity sandboxing concept, though I haven’t tried that personally, so can’t comment on how well it works.

I was thinking the same. I’ve travelled the world over with lighters in my pocket.

Only time it’s ever been a problem, was trying to bring a jet lighter with me, which is quite ironic now that I think about it.

This is a shitposting group; I don’t think personal investment in the topic is a precursor to commenting here…

Ah that’s what I get for skim reading the meme I guess.

I know it as shrinkflation.

Battlestar wargalacticas - a new razor.

At the very least they’d like their tip back.

That’s actually why the dad believes the baby is a late bloomer; It took him this long to get a concussion? He’s practically a toddler now!