Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7
1 month ago
"This makes the point that the real battle we should be fighting is not for control of Android/iOS, but the ability to run other operating systems on phones."
Sometimes owner control, cf. corporate control, can be had by sacrificing hardware functionality, i.e., features, closed source drivers. Choice between particular hardware feature(s) working and control over the hardware in general.
Yes but in the phone space the sacrifice is too much. You often times forgo the ability to even participate in many aspects of society, e.g. banking. It's not your typical "rough around the edges open source alternative", it's just not even a comparison.
Can’t you do banking on the web via your phone? Same as desktop users?
In some places, the bank website directs you to use the app, which then looks for things like whether the device is unlocked or rooted. Banks in these places refuse to trust web browsers.
I heard some banks don't have web sites, only apps.
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Have at least two phones. One with corporate OS for banking, commerce. Another with user-chosen OS for experimentation, able to boot from external media.