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minus-squareLeapSecond@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoWith more companies claiming this and prices going up, could we go back to not requiring everyone has a newish smartphone?
minus-squarehaywire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoThat would require security updates etc to be done longer for phones so banking software and the rest will carry on working.
minus-squareLeapSecond@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoThis but also not requiring a smartphone for banking in general.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 days agoOr make phones that just phone. It wasn’t that long ago they were like that. People didn’t carry around direct access on demand and we didn’t fucking die, we just didn’t have instant gratification. It would suck but we’d survive it.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agothe iPhone is right there, you can get an SE for ~499? The 11 which came out pre-covid still gets regular updates alongside the other phones. This is a uniquely Android problem.
With more companies claiming this and prices going up, could we go back to not requiring everyone has a newish smartphone?
That would require security updates etc to be done longer for phones so banking software and the rest will carry on working.
This but also not requiring a smartphone for banking in general.
Or make phones that just phone. It wasn’t that long ago they were like that. People didn’t carry around direct access on demand and we didn’t fucking die, we just didn’t have instant gratification.
It would suck but we’d survive it.
the iPhone is right there, you can get an SE for ~499?
The 11 which came out pre-covid still gets regular updates alongside the other phones.
This is a uniquely Android problem.