To be honest, im more than Tired of this whole “Mimimi, Google is restricting installing Android apps, so its worse than iOS now Mimimi”
So heres 4 Options, how to Opt out of Gservices, and therefore not have this whole Debacle of Verified Apps, in varying degrees of Difficuilty from “3 Year old iPad kid can do this” (Aka install Via Browser) to “You have to Copy 3 Text snippets and Paste them”, to even “Order Online”.
And before everyone starts Crying, there are more than Enough Apps and Alternatives to the Propriatery stuff youve been using until now. No, you dont need a Burgerking App, no, you dont need an App for Kaufland. They are Selling your Data, and thats the only reason they Exist. If you consent with having your Data sold, you have no reason to opt out of Gapps anyway.
- Install Via Web Browser.
- https://e.foundation/get-e-os/
- https://calyxos.org/install/ (Currently not Availible for a few Months)
- https://grapheneos.org/install/
- Install Manually (aka. Paste 3 or so Lines into cmd)
- https://e.foundation/get-e-os/
- https://calyxos.org/install/ (Currently not Availible for a few Months)
- https://grapheneos.org/install/
- https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
- Adb and Magisk MicroG Module (Please use uBlocks Badware Filter list, as there are many fake Sites)
- https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-remove-google-play-services-from-android-without-root-via-adb-shell-more-privacy-for-your-malware-phone.4720085/
- https://magiskmodule.gitlab.io/magisk-modules-repo/microg-installer-revived/
- Buy a Degoogled Phone
Yes, we need regulation.
But for Mobile Payment, you already have a Card so you can pay in store and every bank has a website.
I am talking as someone who has lost access to the Mobile bank for 2 weeks, and still you can dfo just about everything with the Self Service terminals
To access my banks website I need to authorize the login with the mobile app, there is no alternative to using either iOS or stock Android to get in - NONE.
Doing transactions at the bank, even at the terminal is not free and also ridiculously inconvenient…
As far as mobile payments go, i live in a country with its own currency so my only option to get favorable exchange rates in the EU is using a virtual card from a Neobank which only works with Apple or Google Pay.
Your bank charges for doing transactions in person? Wow. Does every bank where you live do this?
Are plastic cards dead?
As far as Neobanks like wise or similar are concerned, mostly yes.
If Self Service Terminals still exist… might be the case for Germany, but here’s a complete demolition of all those Terminals. They have been replaced with a more general terminal which doesn’t have the same functions… basically only withdraw and deposit, so you are required to do online banking or make an appointment with the bank to discuss a transaction etc… also a lot less terminals these days.