I tried. But then I didnt get access to essential services like banking and national resources.
Convincing developers, especially bank and gov apps, is near impossible and won't scale well. Going after Alphabet for not meeting DMA obligations seems the easier path. Might not go anywhere but worth a shot.
Not impossible though, my bank and govt eID app did do safetynet, but after enough users complained in both apps you can now skip a warning and use it without issues
AFAIK they make use of this: https://a-sit-plus.github.io/warden-supreme/integration/supr...
1. Provide or find pro bono legal resources deeply familiar with EU DMA and similar antitrust regulations, willing to proof-check and improve this report, and perhaps advise on better channels to submit it.
2. Locate more affected end-users, including applicable members of the GrapheneOS Foundation and developers behind other distributions, make them aware of these efforts so that hopefully we submit a joint complaint. (Might get more traction, though AFAICT reporting is limited to EU citizens).
Happy to fork this into its own repository if it helps with collaboration.
A heads-up: the FSFE has already submitted a case for device neutrality regarding both, the ability to completely uninstall AI features and the unlimited interoperability decoupled from ADV: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260615-01.en.html
“Interoperability must be decoupled from developer verification procedures. We need clear, precise, and inclusive rules to prevent circumvention by gatekeepers and to ensure that interoperability becomes a concrete reality in practice” states Lucas Lasota, FSFE Legal Programme Manager
[1] https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...
source: I eventually got bankid on the phone in late 2025
But just the thought of the potential to be completely locked out of everything from banks to online payments, logins to the public health system, tax filings (and basically all public sector services) just at the whim of Google or Apple's automated algorithms misunderstanding some random account activity, is a thought that should make everyone (and especially those in countries dependent on systems like BankID) afraid and demand at minimum:
Rights to:
- Due Process
- Accountability from Google & Apple and fines for when they do wrong
- Multiple warnings (with a right to know what you're being accused of) before being locked out
- Well-functioning complaint procedures with strict time frames
- Make the mere concept of banning users "for life" illegal
...from Google and Apple (and strict fines for them not adhering to them). Feel free to add more to the list.
Else we as a society can't depend on a smartphone as the main key to our lives anymore.