Wrote a somewhat rambly, unscripted, not proofread blog post about why I returned to stock Android and some of my feelings around the current state of the AOSP.
@runarcn great article, I agree. Personally its important enough to me that I just kept trying, and I've gotten to a pretty seamless experience now (cherishOS, neo store, microG). I'm not sure about those specific apps though, I don't use them. As for "Certain apps that relied of different security features wouldn't work", could you elaborate on what apps?
@QuadRadical among others, BankID (was broke at some point but fixed later) which I need to identify myself when signing in to banking, tax, and health-related services - Faster BankID (as linked to) doesn't work though probably due to an unlocked bootloader.
The "Coopay"-function in the Coop app (Scandiavian grocery chain).
There was also one or two apps that didn't allow opening with fingerprint instead of code - though this seems to be due to bad code as it worked other places.
@runarcn@QuadRadical the bankID one sounds like "Digitalzwang" (idk how to translate it, but it describes that you are forced to use certain digital things because there is no alternative) is worse in norway than it is in germany. That said, my banks TAN app is one of the only things that I need microG for. Luckily it works, but I have no idea what I will do when it stops working. Probably look out for a hardware alternative and complain to my bank...
@kuchenmampfer
It is possible to get a physical OTP-generator for bankID, but it's really impractical imo - just like how you can refrain from using Vipps (cashapp but good) and just pay people in cash, but like- barely anyone in Norway uses cash so good luck with getting any change.
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