RE: https://social.lansky.name/@hn50/116378390202896203

If you were wondering whether the phone you paid hundreds of pounds for is yours, it’s not. It’s still Apple’s and they decide what you can do with it.

That isn’t a tool; it’s a shackle.

And no trillion-dollar corporation is your friend.

(I’m tapping this out on what will likely be my last iPhone. Hopefully the EU will get its act together so people without iPhones and Android phones can still do basic things like banking and paying for stuff with their phones by then.)

@aral So far I can make it, using just a dumb phone (Nokia 220) and a laptop. Haven't even needed firefox in some time. But yes, the "to use this service install the app" is a sickness we need to get rid of as a society.