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I've been using Soduto, a 3rd party KDE Connect client, on the Mac for a few years now and it works quite well for my needs https://soduto.com/
Thanks for sharing! Looks like there is now a more active fork at https://github.com/sannidhyaroy/Soduto
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LineageOS is supported on a bit more devices, and works with microG if you're willing to sacrifice Google Pay for better battery life and less privacy violations: https://lineage.microg.org/
LineageOS unfortunately dropped support for my Moto G4 relatively quickly after I installed it and it only was supported up to Android 7.1. I have been running an unofficial build of 8.1 ever since, but that is also horribly outdated by now.
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Oh, banks are definitely concerned about PCs having root. There are even some banks that have removed their online banking websites entirely (except, perhaps, for corporate clients) and require customers to do everything through the Android app instead.
Which is why I was switching banks until I found one not forcing me into the duopoly.
Oh, it’s fsflover, the poster with the Librem idée fixe. Haven’t noticed you here in couple of years. Your comment elsewhere here about GrapheneOS not requiring much less effort to daily drive is way off. GrapheneOS runs banking apps and, in countries that legally enforce use of certain apps for ID or payment, those apps, too. Zero hoops to jump through. Meanwhile, a Librem phone (or a PinePhone) will not work.
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Do not use banking apps on a phone because it is not secure (there is no second factor). Use bank's website on a laptop instead.
As I said, for many banks, in order to log in to the bank's website on a laptop, you need to receive a 2FA code sent through the bank’s app on an Android phone.
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But why waste the money? I intend to use this thing until it breaks...
it's not a waste of money, that android version is a security mess
* but I have to admit that the hardware is quite slow
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Dude buy something new
But why waste the money? I intend to use this thing until it breaks...
My laptop is also from more than a decade ago, and I'm happily running LMDE 6 on it.
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Which is why I was switching banks until I found one not forcing me into the duopoly.
In some countries one no longer has that possibility. Not everywhere has a range of banks to choose from, sometimes mergers have resulted in just a handful of banks for a country, all of which enforce use of an Android app. Oh, it’s fsflover, the poster with the Librem idée fixe . Haven’t noticed you here in couple of years. Your comment elsewhere here about GrapheneOS not requiring much less effort to daily drive is…
It's nice to know that I'm somewhat famous. I never suggested that running banking apps on GNU/Linux phones was as easy as on Android forks (however, reportedly it is possible for some banks). I meant other daily tasks of course.
Is it ill-intentioned? If so, why? Has anyone any idea?
I can't really comment on that but what I know is that play store also has KDE connect available and this issue is not happening for the people who got it from there. Perhaps it's someone who has some sort of play signing enabled with uploading unknown apps and the signature difference between play and fdroid versions might have created a false positive.
Unfortunately, Google doesn't let you upload an APK with your own signature to Google Play anymore, so the devs can't really offer any solution. Best I can come up with is downloading the signed version from Google Play and uploading that, but that'd make updating the app wirhout uninstalling impossible for most of their users. Same with offering the free version as a different package name as the proprietary version, existing users would lose updates.
Google needs to fix this because they're basically killing every alternative app store this way, which probably violates the DMA/DSA law (whichever applies here) in quite a major way.
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They only seem to support pixel, although pixels can be bought for cheap when compared to iphones, they're still expensive for countries which are still developing. For example Im using a device which is 1/4th the price of cheapest first hand pixel that I can get :(
Can you share some examples? It's very interesting because 1/4 of Pixel 6a would be around 80 EUR... so I wonder about your environment and what workarounds you have for these problems.
The device I use regularly is moto g14 which is at about 8500 online, with discounts can go for 8000.
Honestly there is no work around as the moto g14 comes with a 4gb ram and 128 GB internal storage, 6.5 inch screen and 5k mah battery, it can do pretty much anything.
I've just started working full-time after college and now I earn more than enough to buy pixels or iphones but currently the money is going on other important things that were pending