The trouble with these FOSS phones is support from banking, payments, and government apps, which are also the main things that can’t be run from a laptop. They usually also require NFC support, and that implies having the right kind of security certificates that these organisations recognise as well.
You can do your banking on any web browser, including mobile web. You do not need a god damn app for everything. NFC antennas are supported on credit/debit cards that have no screens or CPUs, certs are handled by the non-client device, so it sure as fuck will work on any hypothetical FOSS phone. This is a dumb as fuck take.
The trouble with these FOSS phones is support from banking, payments, and government apps, which are also the main things that can’t be run from a laptop. They usually also require NFC support, and that implies having the right kind of security certificates that these organisations recognise as well.
You can do your banking on any web browser, including mobile web. You do not need a god damn app for everything. NFC antennas are supported on credit/debit cards that have no screens or CPUs, certs are handled by the non-client device, so it sure as fuck will work on any hypothetical FOSS phone. This is a dumb as fuck take.
I’m glad you have all this figured out!
There’s zero technical reason to need an app to perform HTML presentation.
That’s all an app does anyway - use current web tech to present a page.
Try Hermit or Native Alpha, both present websites as apps, and work very well.
To that end, I use apps like Hermit and Native Alpha, which make an app-like experience for any website.