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>>joseph+(OP)
This story with restricting users is a similar one to Manifest V3 in Chromium.

But we don't have anything like FF as an alternative to go from Android. Especially considering banks require "certified OS".

>>zx8080+E7
The alternative is older versions of Android, from before these hostile changes. The propaganda that it's "unsafe" is just that, propaganda. Perhaps Google will realise once enough of the population refuses to put on the noose.

>>userbi+x8
The problem is not the propaganda, it is the businesses restricting the freedom and choices of users because of this propaganda.

So many apps even refuse to be installed on older versions of iOS/Android.

>>saidin+V8
So many apps even refuse to be installed on older versions of iOS/Android.

That's because they see older versions of Android decrease in usage so they think it's fine to lock them out and potentially lose customers[1], but they're not going to do that to the majority of them.

If the majority stops falling for the propaganda and "upgrading" to a worse experience, other businesses will follow.

[1] I have told businesses that changes to their site have made me no longer want to do business with them, and seen responses ranging from complete dismissal to quick reversion.

>>userbi+pd
Yet another reason to dump iOS/Android : planned obsolescence of this form.