Comment on Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled
Semester3383@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoHaven’t tried NewPipe yet. I currently use YouTube for specific videos, and I’m usually operating it from a private tab in my browser through a VPN, rather than the app. (So far I’m not getting served ads that way, although sometimes I have to skip to different countries to get around sign-in nags.)
Banking apps are the one thing that worries me. My prior bank didn’t allow rooted phones to be used for online banking; I haven’t made an attempt with my current phone. Given that I now live in a… Rather remote part of the country, access to online banking is fairly important.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Would a website know if you’re using a rooted phone? I don’t think so. Banking apps are different, they might have access to device details but I thought browsers were device agnostic.
Semester3383@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The problem is that the website doesn’t allow some of the critical features that the app allows, such as depositing checks. IIRC there are a few things that I was trying to do–link accounts for payments, I think?–where I had to use the banking app.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is really worrying how a traditionally lethargic service, banking, is also moving to non-privacy respecting methods. I thought we’d be able to fix this internet panopticon shitshow before banks moved fully to apps.