People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google’s Play store, without having to:
- pay Google
- give government ID to Google
- agree to Google terms and conditions
People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google’s Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.
e.g. via F-Droid.
We’ve got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.
The problem is: at least where I live, banks use mobile apps to generate second factor authentication. (No TOTP, all proprietary / homegrown mechanics.) No second factor - no login.
The proprietary second factor in bank apps tends to work fine, since it is displayed before any invasive authentication crap.
It feels stupid to have the whole app and that’s all it does. But it tends to work.
But then, I consider a proprietary second factor app to be a huge red flag for security, so I prefer ones services compatible with Aegis or other open second factor solutions.