Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by FinnKuhn on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:06AM
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I thought that one of the goals of Wero was to become less dependent on US technology (Paypal). By requiring you to use either Android or iOS it seems to me as if that is more of a marketing ploy than anything else. As multiple other banks that support Wero however run on non-Google Android I think it is more likely that whoever wrote that message just doesn't know what they are talking about.
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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by croniev on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:13AM
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There will be no independence of US tech as long as everyone in europe has google or apple in their pocket and most administrations have windows on their PC. But, at least in germany, ruling parties are very slow to notice this.
Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by pimeys on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:57AM
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We had Nokia, destroyed by Microsoft back in early 2010s.
Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by Xirdus on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:22AM
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They destroyed themselves by missing the window for starting an entirely new smartphone ecosystem. They should've either released Lumia years earlier before the iPhone/Android duopoly got established, or made their OS capable of running Android apps (e.g. by being Android).
Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by mcv on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:25AM
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Exactly. I'm very disappointed in Wero, and I hope they really start working on support for other OSs.