[drnick1]

Isn't the obvious solution to use an AOSP fork that does not have to comply with the registration requirements? Distributions like Graphene and Lineage are completely unaffected.

[turblety]

Google are also destroying that path by delaying the releases more and more.

[jhasse]

Even more reason to use these forks (and support them), right?

[wackget]

No, because many apps refuse to run on third-party distros due to misguided notions of them being insecure. It's easy to say "just don't use those apps" but in reality, people are rightly unwilling to put up with any friction and so will simply continue to use Google's version of the OS.

[microtonal]

Many banking apps work as long as you relock the bootloader. E.g. on GrapheneOS:

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

[jamesnorden]

No bank in my country has an app that works with those, so it's not an option for me anymore.

[arjie]

Does the web app for the bank actually selectively block mobile phones? I just checked and Chase here in the US lets me log in on Brave Mobile on iOS. Perhaps your bank lets you log on in the browser.

[drnick1]

Is using a cheap Android device (the cheapest Android phones are less than $100 on Amazon) an option? The idea is to use that phone for 2FA or whatever is app is necessary for, and use a degoogled device for your other day-to-day activities. It's not ideal because you need to spend some extra money, but it buys you a lot of privacy.

[jhasse]

Have yoz really checked for GrapheneOS? Which country?