On Android distros [LWN.net]

On Android distros

Posted Jan 3, 2025 13:00 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: On Android distros by Wol
Parent article: Some things to expect in 2025

That's really terrible. Here in Canada, all of the banks still support almost all banking via a vanilla web browser rather than forcing you to use an app. The only exception is remote cheque deposits.

If my bank forces me to use a mobile device, I'll switch banks. If all of them do, I suspect there will be a legal challenge, probably on the basis of accessibility. I doubt the mobile banking apps support visually-impaired users.

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On Android distros

Posted Jan 3, 2025 19:31 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

It was actually Volkswagen Finance. "Take out a finance deal and get a £4K discount" iirc. But from what I could make out, they added all the interest up front when calculating the repayments, and I didn't trust them to refund the finance charges if I repaid it early. That was what I wanted to check, and I got the distinct impression any refund was discretionary ... so if you took the loan to get the discount, then repaid it after a month or two, you could end up out of pocket. I chose not to take the risk.

Cheers,
Wol

On Android distros

Posted Jan 5, 2025 0:08 UTC (Sun) by jkingweb (subscriber, #113039) [Link]

> Here in Canada, all of the banks still support almost all banking via a vanilla web browser rather than forcing you to use an app. The only exception is remote cheque deposits.

RBC has a lower limit for Interac transfers via the Web than their app, too.