German banks Wero support: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment)

If you go that way, you need Google to even use Android.

It sucks, but until we get actual wide-spread Linux phones there’s not a lot individual consumers can do.

I keep an eye on the future Graphene phone with Motorola, but even then as long as the vast majority of users will use Android/iOS, banks don’t have pressure to support other systems.

Good point. It would be good if you could use Bizum directly from the bank app. Revolut for instance does not ask you to have a Google account to use their app.

Updated to this: https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/20/dutch-government-tests-european-messaging-app-reduce-reliance-whatsapp

The post is one year old, it improved a bit since then

Regarding timeline turmoil and content discovery mirage, Piefed’s personal feeds and comments consolidation across cross posts definitely helps.

Piefed has migration community https://piefed.social/post/667045

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