Recently, I got myself a Shiftphone 8.1 in an attempt to try and be a bit more sustainable and protect myself from the data-kraken of big tech. I am using my Shiftphone using only one account with microG implementation, as otherwise the limitations would be too big. What are your experiences using common Swiss apps, any issues you ran into and what recommendations do you have? Maybe we can get a small list going? *TWINT : most bank TWINT Apps dont work at all. I have had to switch from ZKB Twint to Twint prepaid, which works fine. I cant use it for parking or similar stuff, that doesnt work. I also do not receive any notification in the app regarding Google Play Services, in this sense its a very smooth experience. * Mobility Carsharing: crashes immediately and basically unusable. I have written an e-mail to them to ask whether microG compatibility is a planned feature in the future. * Publike Velospot. Same as above. I managed to rent a bike once, but after that the app malfunctions and I had to re-install to give back the bike. * SBB, ZKB Banking, UBS Banking, myWingo, Swisscom, playRSI, SRF App, News apps, Ricardo, Flatfox, Rega, Health Insurance apps - seem to work without issue. * Tutti, swiyu, QuickZoll, AGOV Access, P+Rail, Alertswiss - havent properly tested them yet! If you have a degoogled phone or use microG: consider using the Plexus app (Free, open source) to give ratings to how well specific apps work degoogled or with microG - the more reports there are, the better. This is not an ad for them (they’re free) but I’ve found their overview useful in the past. submitted by /u/sQank
Originally posted by u/sQank on r/Switzerland