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Re:Steam Deck OLED by saidinesh5 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:20PM (#38212201)
That's an interesting take. Reminds me of when Android came out as free and open alternative to whatever we had back then.

I hope Steam OS doesn't end up the same locked down mess that Android has become these days ...

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Re:Steam Deck OLED by tomComb on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:24PM (#38214347)
Pixels have unlocked bootloaders so you can install whatever you want, including completely open source versions of android.

You won’t be able to do mobile payment and some other things because the companies behind those other things will only allow their apps to run on locked down devices.

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Re:Steam Deck OLED by saidinesh5 on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:56AM (#38215931)
But once you do that, you lose Google Play Safety net attestation no?

Happened when i rooted my last phone. And after that no banking/payment apps worked.

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Re:Steam Deck OLED by jonhermansen on Friday November 10, 2023 @03:19AM (#38216431)
Here is a community-maintained list of banking apps that can work without SafetyNet: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

Last time I was looking for a new bank, I picked one from this list based on the reports available. Thankfully my bank app is not so locked down.

Hope you can find something that works for you.

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