Real unfortunate news for GrapheneOS users as Revolut has decided to ban the use of ‘non-google’ approved OSes. This is currently being posted about and updated by GrahpeneOS over at Bluesky for those who want to follow it more closely.
Did they do it cos people where spinning up hundreds of instances of the app in virtual machines and claiming free shit.
no.
they’re doing it because they’re following googles recommendation of integrating Play Integrity API.
Title gore much
Not authy :( (even tho i dont use Graphene)
Authy sucks anyway.
Someone told Me it sucks aswell but why simplified? Maybe they got of the desktop app or no exporting hmmm
Yeah those are the main reasons. It’s also proprietary, and the only way you to create an account/back up your stuff is by entering a phone number, which isn’t exactly great for privacy.
Oh yeah the phone number thing and sim swapping.
Authy has now long gone out of favor…
Yk what i agree, kinda dont like how authy discontinued the desktop app (and i kinda wish i can find a open source and free auth app that supports linux and android ik you can do it in bitwarden but you need to self host or pay), sad they went through this route for other reasons aswell was one of my favourite app.
And the worst - they don’t allow export. Even as a workaround.
Bitwarden personal, smallest, is free though?
I self host, but I’m aware that this isn’t for everyone.
wow no export :(
i have a bitwarden acc on bitwarden.com i have to migrate that to some public instance which is easy
So it wasn’t really about attestation or security. I am really shocked!
This is used whenever shouting “think about the children!!!” or “terrorists!” is not applicable.
I don’t know how we managed to do the online banking thing all those prehistoric years before such “attestance programs” were implemented.
It was shit with horrible semi-working never updated java applets that were always broken, unless you used right version of ie and windows. But it was certified by proper authority. 🥴
There’s probably a way to spoof the Android OS right?
If rooted, it is possible to some extent. but it will likely still fail Strong integrity check (hardware based).
also GrapheneOS don’t recommend rooting.
When a big company blocks use of their app if you use something from a smaller company, users will choose the big company over the small company. Just ask WeChat about how they kill competitors.
I don’t know what you are saying but it sounds smart
Oh, no, I can’t use the McDonald’s app!
Can’t remember the last time I spent money on McDonald’s over priced crap.
When they helped Trump win political points, they bought a lifetime boycott from my. “Franchisees are free to do whatever they like.” Is explicit consent from corporate, not the side step they thought it was.
Especially since their Franchisees are not free to do anything that corporate DOESN’T like when it comes down to the building, or decor, or supplies, or food, or special deals, or whatever the fuck else is involved in running the damn business.
However, for politics, gee shucks they just can’t have any rules and the franchisees are just able to do whatever.
My bullshitometer hit 11 on that one.
You shouldn’t be eating fast food all the time
Doesn’t their website offer the same functions?
Every platform costs. (QA + dev + prod) * Platforms
Nearly Everybody has a phone. They have kiosks at every store and a register.
They don’t make more money for a web app.
no. you can’t order from the mcdonalds website, it tells you to go to the app. if you wanted to you could use the doordash website, or the like
They have a different app though, it looks different and doesn’t order at McDonald’s but at least the food is better.
I finally had enough of them last week. 3 shitty, horrible cheeseburgers (no drink or side) cost as much as a proper toasted turkey club sandwich, apple fritter and coffee from Timmy’s. I’m done with their trash food. I’ll eat Timmy’s trash food, at least it’s halfway tasty.
Fair, but Timmies is also dogshit. Has been since it was acquired by the multinational conglomerate, Restaurant Brands Incorporated.
Yah, but in terms of availability, it rivals McDogshit and if I’m going to spend $10, Timmy’s dogshit is slightly better and you come away with a full meal and drink, at least.
Honestly, what fastfood isn’t shit nowadays? Maybe some more local places, but national chains are all shit
This is great news. Let them isolate themselves and lose business.
I’m sure these mega corporations are very sad about the loss of business from all 100 Graphene OS customers they had.
This is informative and unfortunate
Uber: I don’t see it listed in the FAQ. I just installed it, and it works. Where does Uber come from in the post title?
Originally I am 100% sure it was either on that list or in another source I was reading, but cannot foe the life of me find back to it… Very strange.
But let’s face it, if any app is planning on implementing googles API then it’s Uber.
Uber is only the “driver” app, the one for riding still works.
As a revolut user, this is pretty Bad news lmao.
Oh so they banned their app being used on the OS? I was confused by the title as if they banned it in the workplace or something which would be even crazier
This is probably the coolest news for Graphene!
is there some sort of Android emulator on Android ?
could help this kind of nonsense, what do you think ?
Emulators/VMs are not going to pass safetynet
I know some people have been bypassing VM detection for intrusive desktop applications… So I wonder if mobile checks can be tricked as well, or if the protections there are way different.
Eh, whatever. If they won’t support me, I won’t support them.
Didn’t the GrapheneOS devs threaten to sue Google over the attestation issue last summer? Whatever happened to that?
According to the bluesky thread they’re talking to regulators now and are still planning on suing. Hopefully they do and something good comes from it.
