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[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You should write to your reps that banking apps be mandated to support multiple operating systems outside the duopoly.

[โ€“] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social -1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

You should write to your reps that banking apps be mandated to support multiple operating systems outside the duopoly.

Yeah... Good luck with that. This is beyond naive.

Your rep doesn't give a shit about monopolies or duopolies (if they did, Google and Apple would have had their collective ass Sherman'ed into a million itty bitty pieces a long time ago) and they don't care about your privacy and how you feel about it.

All your rep cares about - if you're lucky - is more mainstream topics like taxes, employment, housing, education etc. And more likely, all they care about is lining their pockets and winning the next election to line their pockets some more.

[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry you live in a shithole, I don't.

Dont presume we all do, my reps are decent people and when I last wrote them they replied quickly with a personalised response.

"Beyond naive" is hilarious considering.

[โ€“] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Dont presume we all do, my reps are decent people and when last wrote them they replied quickly with a personalised response.

It's nice to have personalized responses, but you can also get that from OF.

What about meaningful change?