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by ForHackernews 1911 days ago
I've been using /e/ on my primary phone for about a year now, and I've been very happy with it.

I'd love to see it succeed as a user-friendly, FLOSS alternative to the Google/Apple duopoloy.

They're developing in the open, too: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e

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Are your banking apps working? I faintly remember that being an issue when switching to LineageOS.
Speaking as someone who has been writing Android banking software for eight-odd years, requiring SafetyNet attestation is a crock of user-hostile shit so long as the same institution allows random desktop Web browsers access to the same APIs. I have a feeling it was invented for anti-cheat in games but it became a line-item in every security director's checklist because Google offers it.
Works with "BOI Mobile", the Bank of Ireland mobile app, which I downloaded from the Aurora store. I get a notification on starting the app indicating that the phone is "rooted" (it isn't) but I'm not prevented from using the app.
I don't use any banking apps, sorry. AFAIK /e/ supports signature spoofing/pretending to have normal Google Play Services available, so some stuff might work.