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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bank already has your money. Asking you to install a free app to use their services would not be seen by regulators as unreasonable. Especially when they play the security argument.

I don’t see how Chrome has to be in the majority for some sectors to start relying on these kinds of attestations. Safari already has a similar mechanism, so that right there is the majority of mobile users when you include Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Let's hope not all banks do this so we can switch to the ones that doesn't

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I fear voting with one's wallet is not enough to prevent any business from doing something in their best interests at the expense of the consumer/user. When it comes to banks we'd have to place our hope the governments.. which relies of them actually representing voters.