Might common banking, airline apps not work?

[Kickstand]

I’m hoping to migrate from standard Android to /e/ or possibly LineageOS. If I understand correctly, apps with in-app purchases tend not to work on /e/. Does that mean, for example, my bank’s app or an airline’s app probably would not work? That, unfortunately, would be a deal-breaker.

On my existing Android phone I’ve installed the Aurora app store and see my bank’s app and a major airline’s app.

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[AnotherElk]

@Kickstand

Does that mean, for example, my bank’s app or an airline’s app probably would not work?

Those Apps most probably are dependent on underlying Google services (Aurora Store would list them as GSF-dependent in this case) which /e/OS doesn’t have and tries to mimic with the integrated microG. Such Apps might work on /e/OS at some point in time, they might not work on /e/OS at some other point in time.

@AnotherElk

If you really, really need your banking App (or any Google-dependent App for that matter), in Custom ROM territory you would be better off using LineageOS in connection with the genuine Google services (installed e.g. via Open GApps ) and Google’s registration of devices running uncertified Android OSes for the legitimate use of Google services at https://www.google.com/android/uncertified

[Shakatus]

@Kickstand

On my existing Android phone I’ve installed the Aurora app store and see my bank’s app and a major airline’s app.

Another way to manage this situation is to use browser depended services of airlines or banking apps.

I’m a customer of the german Sparkasse and a lot of things can be done with a permanent link to the mobile website in the launcher.

As far as I can see - most apps can be substitute in that way - without installing a google-depended apk.

With brave or fennec f.e. you can “install” theese mobile websites or build a shortcut.

[petefoth]

@Shakatus

With brave or fennec f.e. you can “install” theese mobile websites or build a shortcut.

That is also possible with the built-in default browser

[MikeT]

If you have the apk backup from your paid apps you can install them on /e/ this is what I did with all my paid apps and they work good …

Including all my bank account apps which work very well including Paypal or Btc and many other… (some say paypal do not work but for me thats work good… sometimes I have to retry to log in my MC BNC apps but that’s work very well )

For an android user the only serious problem can be the speech recognition/diction but is it secondary… except this there is nothing less than Android do

[petefoth]

@MikeT

If you have the apk backup from your paid apps you can install them on /e/ this is what I did with all my paid apps and they work good …

Do these apps get updated if you install this way? (Just asking from curiosity - one of the bank apps I use works OK, and I use internet banking in my web browser for the bank whose app won’t run in /e/OS)

[MikeT]

Well my bank apps work and get updated (including PayPal) but my paid apps like tinyscannerPro and few other no. I have to download it b4 and install the apk…

Aurora and e/ appstore propose the update but do not work (signature issue)

The only issue I have is with my MC BNC which I have to click 2/3 time to log in and to get connected… the 2 first click give me some "we encountered an issue blahblah blah…

[Kickstand]

Thank you all for your informative replies to my query. For now on my Android phone I am going to try avoid apps for banking, etc, and use websites instead and see how it goes.