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So is there any mobile OS out there you could confidently recommend as a daily driver?
Nope. Go back to dumb phones and carry laptop for stuff you'd need smartphone for.
Does not work for everything.
In my country we use an app to identify ourselves online but also in a shop, e.g. when picking up packages. It is called BankID.
Many of these purposes would not work on a laptop and if they do it would require you to use their proprietary dongle, or whatever that is called, to input a certain code. So you got another extra device to carry around.
These guys won't give a fuck about making a linux compatible app for this.
Norway? I used to have a standalone token for BankID when I lived there, but that was until 2011.
Yeah, those aren't being issued anymore, but if you already have one it still works as a backup.
So what does the app do then? Can you bank without it?
Never heard of this and the absence of a standalone hardware thing sounds nuts.
It's just 2fa
I mean i just got mine like 3-4 weeks ago but sure...