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GrapheneOS is great for privacy. But the need for banking apps, working notifications, etc get in the way of me using it for a main device. Plus, there’s the dilemma that in order to fully avoid being tracked by Google, you need to setup a separate user profile on your device for anything that uses Google services (ie if you want to use the playstore even with fake google services). I just switched to using an iphone and use decentralized apps for the most part. But my secondary device has graphene
Oh, getting your life tracked by Apple is better? Also didn't know decentralised apps exist in Apple ecosystem
Stock ios is more private than stock android. I just have accepted that I prefer convenience over maximizing privacy because I’m lazy. And yes, there’s access to decentralized apps. If I was less lazy I could also figure out how to install third party apps too but it seems I’m not the only one who struggles with that
Not sure what are you talking about. I'm using GraphaneOS as a daily driver and my banking apps work perfectly. The only 'banking' app that didn't work is Revolut but I easily found an alternative and switched. The apps for two actual banks I use work without issues. Notifications work fine, no issues at all. I don't have separate user profile, I have a work profile created with Shelter app. Everything just works. Work profile apps can't access contacts or files from main profile. Google services are only available in work profile.
Unfortunately some really just don't work, you got lucky. There's a whole list of reports on GitHub about which ones work and don't work, and unfortunately, the two I use the most didn't, which is Navy Federal and PayPal. I tried both but they crashed everytime, and I couldn't get past login.
Annoyingly, I just got a discover credit card, and Discover's app works just fine, even though I don't plan to use it nearly as much 🙄
But yeah some apps do not like how we don't have safety net, hell, you can't use Google Wallet and tap to pay which is a downer...
Have you tried Exploit protection compatibility mode?
I did that, and I'm 99% sure the github reports and others in the forums did that. It would've been reported by now if they work, and they just don't.