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This is one of the things I worry about - a duopoly not just backed by two wealthy and shady megacorps but also effectively by law as it mandates a mobile app f
by m4rtink 5y ago
This is one of the things I worry about - a duopoly not just backed by two wealthy and shady megacorps but also effectively by law as it mandates a mobile app for some things yet the app only exists for iOS and Android & no public API is available.
- amelius 5y agoShouldn't they at least support the Web?
- oarsinsync 5y agoSeveral of the “challenger” / “FinTech” banks in the UK (e.g. Monzo, Starling) require the use of their app. They offer limited read-only views via web, but only offer all features via app. No iOS / Android phone? Go to a different bank.
- db579 5y agoStarling do offer an API anyone can use to interact with their own account. Doesn't allow full functionality yet though.
- jlokier 5y agoEven when using the web, some of the banks' websites require a step that involves your phone. The phone app is effectively used as a hardware security token.
- hedora 5y agoThe short stories in Caroline M Yoachim’s Shadow Prison trilogy explore the implications of locking society in to a single mobile platform: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-shadow-prison-experiment/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-shadow-prison... Great stuff. (No affiliation.) I need to dig into her other work. Apparently quite a bit of her other stuff is also available online for free.