In my country everything is a app nowadays which sucks more ass than you can imagine.I'm a legit student and entitled to student discounts on trains. One day I noticed that my student card app had stopped working because it wanted to be updated and - you guessed it - my iOS version wasn't supported anymore.I had no time and even less interest in buying a new 500-dollar student card machine just because the guy who made the app is a lazy fuck who refuses to code in support for older iOS versions.You know what I did? I quickly coded a mockup version of the app. A screenshot wouldn't be enough because the app has animated shit to prevent that. I used CSS to mimic the animations.I remade the QR code so that it takes you to my personal website which simply states "yup, the student status is valid".Amazingly, it worked. The weird thing is that 10 years ago I couldn't of forged my physical student card no matter what. But in the "secure" digital era any asshole can remake an app in a couple of hours.>you're a criminalNo I'm nut. If I'd gotten caught, they could of phoned my university and check that my student status is valid. The app itself is just an unnecessary middle man making me watch ads and I don't understand why I'd have to use it.
>when you realize apps like this basically just check your status from some database and then display a blinking green light >just for that you need the latest smartphone, subject yourself to marketing analysis, and you need to receive ads as notifications all the timeI legit think it's our responsibility to hack these apps and make FOSS versions of them
>>107841080 >it's our responsibility to hack these apps and make FOSS versions of themThis. Do it OP. if you dont have access to that database make a version that validates for everyone. Think of the humiliation that will be felt by those responsible for a publicly funded(?) closed source app
>>107841066That’s very based, anon. Nice work. I wish more things could be solved that way
What if the QR code returns some encoded string and not a plaintext url
>>107841066>just because the guy who made the app is a lazy fuck who refuses to code in support for older iOS versions.If you want to use ancient hardware, you have to switch to Android.Apple is killing support for iOS versions other than the last two or three in the App Store all the time. Buy new or gtfo, it's the Apple experience.
>>107841567But everyone keeps saying how Apple has the longest supportAndroid has a different approach. You can keep installing shit forever but you might actually brick your phone by upgrading to a newer version of AndroidIt happened to me. An update made the phone sluggish and USB no longer worked. Couldnt even roll backApple makes sure their products dont get bricked, but the downside is that you're literally barred from installing something that might not work
>>107841567>If you want to use ancient hardwareMy phone is 7 years old. I guess it classifies as "ancient" by today's standards.I think it's such a consumerist goy mindset to think your phone is too old when it physically still functions as intended.Something like a student card app is literally just a blinking light and a QR code as a standalone application.I dont see why a phone from 2010 wouldn't run that. Why does text and a gif animation require a new phone every 3 years? It's not like I'm getting new features - the old features are just requiring better hardware. This is what boggles my mind
>>107841625You NEED to be running a crypto miner in the background to securely authenticate your Salesforce profile, goy.
>>107841625>I dont see why a phone from 2010 wouldn't run that.Nobody said it couldn't, just that Apple doesn't want you to.
>>107841625They drop old versions and don't patch CVEs so you're basically forced to update. You'll never see a lts version of android or iosThey also add some animations and shit to new versions which will artificially deprecate the goyim's hardwareWe really need loonix phones
