Post #4353954

2026-08-03 12:01 UTC

📣 More Dutch companies are making their Android apps inaccessible on alternative mobile devices, by using the strictest Google Play Integrity API settings. 📣 After Funda and Rabobank, now a public collective for emergency controlrooms has made their app inactive on open source OS's. Caught by @rikviergever@mastodon.social from @murena@mastodon.social . We can't keep being dependent on two US big tech companies. If we want more digital sovereignty, we'll need to invest in mobile alternatives. #digitalsovereignty #opensource

Replies (6)

@alice_pea_3526@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 13:21

@Gina@fosstodon.org @rikviergever@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social At least in my country, we can simply do our banking inside the web browser instead. You shouldn't need a dedicated app to access a bank account, you should only need a good web browser. Any bank that doesn't have a webpage for this is already knee deep in some serious #accessibility issues: Too poor for a phone? no banking. Can't see? Obfuscated banking app breaks screen reader. Old or unsupported OS? Tough luck. This artificial exclusion should be illegal.

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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-08-03 15:10

@Gina@fosstodon.org @rikviergever@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social It should be illegal to have app only. There should be a fully functional web page. Conversely an App that is a local thing shouldn't at all insist on location or Internet. Also Google/Alphabet has lost the plot. They need HARD regulation with massive penalties. & any appeals must be rapid.

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@zakius@101010.pl 2026-08-04 08:17

@Gina@fosstodon.org @rikviergever@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social recently my city dropped support for all third party long term public transport ticket sellers replacing that with a new platform, the app is unstable, the devices on vehicles can't read half the cards, but also funnily enough to login to the app, you don't use a native form in the app, you don't use in app browser, you don't use custom tab, you don't even use default browser, no the app EXPLICITLY calls chrome, so with chrome disabled/uninstalled/otherwise unavailable you can't login and never get any feedback why

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@AgentOrange96@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 12:44

@Gina@fosstodon.org meanwhile, you have Fairphone who partners heavily with Murena. You have the hardware, but you need your software vendors to play ball.

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@budududuroiu@hachyderm.io 2026-08-03 12:55

@Gina@fosstodon.org @rikviergever@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social So does HSBC Taiwan

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@richard@mstdn.social 2026-08-03 12:57

@Gina@fosstodon.org @rikviergever@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social gisteravond werkte de Rabo app nog op mijn Jolla C2, zal het straks weer controleren.

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