Uhm, that's a question about personal background - I guess. The only thing I miss is #osmand, but I know I could invest time and replace most of the functionality I use by #brouter and #brouterweb and #PureMaps.
But
- I reject banking apps of any kind and prefer the safety of ChipTan or HBCI (offered by @glsbank@ruhr.social and by #sparkasse)
- I don't care about any closed source service
- I'm able to run matrix bridges to relay to any network I'd need for work or family life
- I do not use my phones smart capabilities much (beside running #fractal for my matrix account to communicate with my family)
Yes, sometimes I'm catching myself looking at some page using firefox, scrolling through some fediverse posts using #tuba.
If I really need to use the #Librem5 I usually knew in advance and carry a lapdock to use its convergence feature and then it is mostly like a notebook.
I do not miss anything even though there is potential for nice improvements.
@ati1@mastodon.social @ananas@scicomm.xyz @agx@ruhr.social @opensourceopenmind@vivaldi.net
lack of [...] apps
There is no such lack, but you need to be willing to give up the apps you know from Android (or keep using part of the evil empires products by tinkering with #waydroid or #atl - android translation layer).
There are other apps to discover. I had to completely start over finding out which apps I want and which ones to use. For E-Mail e.g. I'm using a self-hosted #snappymail in #tangram, because I couldn't find any app I liked.
The only thing I'm still missing is #osmand - one of two reasons my tablet is running on #LineageOS. The other reason is that I didn't come across a good tablet hardware made for linux containing an 4G/5G modem.
Or do people still order new ones at $800?
Looking for a OpenPGPcard in FLOSS Shop I came across this offer:
https://www.floss-shop.de/de/elektronik/geraete/78/librem5-mobil-phone
This completely went by me - it's possible to order a #Librem5 in Europe?!
Also would you reveal what bank you use?
Well, I own my own bank - at least partly - a very small part of it actually. @glsbank@ruhr.social offers to use ChipTAN.
I'm using this device as a second factor which together with the needed banking card really offers a second factor and is not just another software running on the same smartphone.
For paying online I use "Lastschrift" if not outsourced to PayPal (which I stopped using years ago), a bank transfer for smaller sums or sometimes the credit card which I have to confirm sometimes using an SMS TAN and some secret phrase. Generally I use my notebook if I do such stuff and only used my Librem5 very few times when my notebook has not been around.
It is the most secure solution beside HBCI which you could use with GLS bank also if you kindly ask them.
