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My God the fairphone is nice
(piefed.social)
Is it a good daily driver for normies? Can you run banking apps, for example?
I read that as "can you run baking apps" and was very confused why you shouldn't be able to look at recipes 😅
Yeah, though I'm using LineageOS instead of /e/, my bank apps work.
If you get it direct from the distributor then it just runs basic Android so there's no reason it shouldn't.
Oh, I thought it was a Linux phone for some reason.
That's the best part, it can run Linux
It runs standard android (Fairphone OS), /e/OS with open source implementation of Google services, LineageOS completely without Google products, Linux and probably more.
It worked. I only use it from time to time. But 90% of the time its online rather than mobile.
I don't want to mess with big $$ on my phone. Seems like a recipe for disaster.
Doesnt everybody Need a banking app?💀
No. Most banks have websites, and most of them do most of the the things most people do with their bank. The only thing I think my bank's app does that the website doesn't is deposit a check by taking a picture of it. I use that feature about once a year.
I'm sure some people need banking apps, but I would bet it's fewer than think they need banking apps.
Depending on location, you need the app for QR-pay services. Very handy if it's available.
Depending on location, you need the app for QR-pay services. Very handy if it's available.
My bank mandates a mobile app for 2FA. I can't do anything without my smartphone, sadly.
What do they do if you don't have a smartphone? Or was this an account that you could only open in-app?
I never use a banking app. I just go to the website if I need to do something.
I doubt the banks in the UK have decent or even functional websites for mobile screens. I couldn't really deal with the frustration of using a half-baked website for banking, given that most of the apps themselves are half-baked too.
Convenience wins for me, I'm afraid.
To each their own. My only point was to count that who i replied to who implied everyone has to use a banking app.
I personally refuse to use apps and if I can ONLY use a service via a smartphone app then I will simply not use the service.
Most of them are OK, I've not encountered any that are unusable though
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Why do you feel the need to have a banking app? They tend to be super invasive and can’t do much you can’t do online.
Paying friends, verifying online payments.
Eh, when people say they're 'super invasive' what they usually mean is that they can't run it on their rooted android phone running LineageOS or have to go through various hoops to get it to work. Turns out, banking is pretty important to keep secure so yeah these apps will have checks in place to make sure you aren't faking your location or using a modified APK that they can't detect. I'm pretty happy with that restriction given the convenience of being able to manage payments etc in a decent-enough native app. 🤷🏻♂️
In my experience they half-arse it though. For example on GrapheneOS (which is considered significantly more secure than default Android) several banking apps block access because they use some questionable Google Play API which doesn't recognise GrapheneOS.
You joke but being unable to deposit checks without going to a branch can be a dealbreaker.
Checks? Do they still exist?
They can be pretty handy. I've paid for a parking ticket with one (skipping a credit card transaction fee), got paid for a car I sold with one, and paid for a scooter with one. Aside from paying rent with checks.
Americans skipped adoption of Chip and PIN, and they were like a decade late with contactless payments. Their payment systems are laughably outdated.
Ah, that's likely why there are lots of comments about using the website. I pretty much only use the banking apps for cash transfer and contactless payments. Handier to verify by fingerprint than transcribe SMS or other authentication in a browser. I wish it wasn't and websites could be just as handy and I could remove apps. I also wish PayPass wasn't tied to google.
in America
Seems like a good phone indeed. I would like a tablet from them
Soo jealous! Would love to gett one but I'm not from Europe
I got the us one. But yeah I hear you.
Mint/T-Mobile works well in my area so that's a plus.
Wait there's a fairphone for the US? I'm not from there either, but definetly more accesible than EU lol, I'm gonna check that out
they're sold by morena
+1
https://murena.com/america/products/smartphones/
In the US they offer phones that you can get with mobile service piggybacked on T-Mobile’s network. Prices seem fair if not pretty decent for even their unlimited data plan.
I just threw mint on top with a cheaper plan. Works well in my area.
Nice. Hard to beat mint’s prices, especially if your area has good coverage/service. Thanks for sharing about fairphone (didn’t know they were a thing before this haha)!
might be a stupid question, but why wouldn't you be able to use it in the US, or any other country?
Different countries have different providers, use different radio frequencies, etc and thus have different hardware and so on. Phones made for a particular market might not function well (or at all) in another market. This has historically been a barrier to cross-border adoption, though it has gotten a bit better in recent years.
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Did you really get a FP4 or did you mean 6?
Its much cheaper and parts are easier to find so appealed to me.
How is the situation with the boot loader? And when will it be real Linux compatible?
If answers are “can be unlocked” and “Soon™️”, I gotta get one
Uh.. yeah, kinda the point.
Bootloader is easily unlocked, and it runs ubuntu touch at least... Although I run with /e/os for practical reasons.
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Does it run e/os/?
Yeah. Personally its OK. Does its job.
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