Agreed. Banking is the killer app imo
replySwitch to a bank that has a website.
replyIf they can't do online banking in 2026 your bank might actually just be some guy in a monopoly man Halloween costume.
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replyFor what purpose? If you have a debit card, cash app, etc., what urgent need is there for a banking application?
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replyUh... Cash App is a banking application.
replyYeah. People get confused because they're not a bank, but they offer banking services (as a middleman)
replyIn Australia it's pretty great: my driver's license can be provided by an app on my phone and legally must be accepted if it is. So between that and NFC payment support, a phone is the only thing I need to remember to operate outside the house.
replyOr you could just take cash, as long as you don't need to drive.
replyIt's pretty great as long as it doesn't evolve into them no longer printing the cards and requiring use of their app, consequently on one of their approved OSes.
replyI mean yes but that is a case of the slippery slope fallacy: the existence of a future possible decision does not affect whether a current decision is a good one.
replyIf they try to move in that direction, we can protest it then. Denying ourselves a useful capability now doesn't stop it from happening anyway, nor make it more likely.
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