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  • I'm in Europe, and I don't use banking apps. For the most part anyway, one of my credit cards pissed me off by switching to app only, then eventually I relented with one bank because I wanted a 2nd account that required the app.

    Banks either verify by SMS (lol) or provide a passkey fob.

    GrapheneOS should provide some measure of protection. You can also perhaps disable some tracking features using something like Warden (requires root) - although this hasn't been updated in years and probably misses stuff now.

  • I mean, a jellyfin server is typically full of copyright protected material. I also wouldn't expect them to notify you in advance, however they should still send some notice when they stop providing the service you've paid for.

  • Run Magisk in Zygisk mode with the deny list hiding itself from banking apps.

    However I would advise not using the banking app if you can help it, they're not clean. Hell, even accessing online banking via a website seems to require connections to google.com and gstatic.com to perform hidden captcha (you don't have to do the picture thing but it still does the server side tracking).

  • Ty, but I think I'm just gonna switch from my dodgy Chinese Xiaomi phone to the refurbished Pixel 7 Pro I have. I mean, I've had it for like e months now, one of these days I will. Although, I really will miss my IR blaster, even though I hardly ever use it it's nice to be able to change the TV in the pub lol

    Edit: lmfao I just changed the TV 10m away, had Tour de France on, but now it's basketball.

  • Ah wait, I should've read the article lol:

    The law allows local authorities to name "designated providers" of a certain scale – currently only achieved by Apple and Google – and require those providers to do three things:

    • Allow third-party app stores on their devices;
    • Allow application developers to use third-party billing services;
    • Enable users to change default settings with simple procedures, and offer choice screens for tools like browsers;

    And it forbids them doing three more:

    • Engage in any form of preferential treatment of their services over those of competitors in the display of search results without justifiable reason;
    • Use acquired data about competing applications for their own applications;
    • Prevent application developers from using features controlled by the OS with the same level of performance as the one used by Designated Providers.

    So Google already allows 3rd party app stores and lots of settings (although these are always hit and miss, even in the custom ROM scene - I can't get pocket detection right now and my phone keeps doing things in my pocket), but the 3rd party billing and choice screens applies to them.

  • No it is, kind of anyway, there's a whole argument about it. Some argue it's a solid, some argue it's a liquid, some say it's neither but somewhere in between. But, for example, really old glass windows will end up thicker at the bottom. It's basically a highly viscous liquid that takes an extremely long time to flow.