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[–] xep@discuss.online 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

The trouble with these FOSS phones is support from banking, payments, and government apps, which are also the main things that can't be run from a laptop. They usually also require NFC support, and that implies having the right kind of security certificates that these organisations recognise as well.

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

You can do your banking on any web browser, including mobile web. You do not need a god damn app for everything. NFC antennas are supported on credit/debit cards that have no screens or CPUs, certs are handled by the non-client device, so it sure as fuck will work on any hypothetical FOSS phone. This is a dumb as fuck take.

[–] xep@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm glad you have all this figured out!

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

There's zero technical reason to need an app to perform HTML presentation.

That's all an app does anyway - use current web tech to present a page.

Try Hermit or Native Alpha, both present websites as apps, and work very well.

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