Why does it look like a poster for The OC or 90210?

They still think I live at my parents house even though I moved out 25 years ago, it’s wildly inaccurate and easy to circumvent

Because they misunderstand how banking works

Jesus, that’s fucked

By name, not by anything else

That’s literally impossible, it’s not how it works

At the very least it’s literally impossible in UK and EU.

The system isn’t actually taking any money from you at all, it’s merely sending requests to the bank to ask for the money.

Some banks automatically will go “okay!”, some need human confirmation for every transaction, ALL need human confirmation for any transactions over £200 (by law)

A direct debit is a contractual agreement, they have zero access to the bank account, just the unique identification number and an automated system that requests money from that unique identifier once per month.

And that if there’s no money in the account, they don’t take you into credit, but instead just pause service until you pay

The ability to pay money for your contract?

Edit: they only ask for that if on Contract, if pay-as-you-go they ask for no details at all

Wait, they ask for your details when setting up a phone in America?

I thought y’all lived in the land of the free!

The most I’ve ever been asked for to setup a phone is my bank details, and that’s it, so they can setup direct debit for my contract

Ah you’ve fallen for the oldest trick in the book, may I interest you in this $6 bill?

Fun fact: credit score disproportionately harms minority groups

I mean the point for Linux phones

3: I think the point is to try to build a new walled garden, maybe with lower walls that can be easily hopped over

Some mobile/tablet games are still iOS exclusive but absolutely excellent games, this could make it possible to sideload those

That you need a Credit Score

They’ve only existed since the 80s, but they’re now seen as essential, and unlikely to go away

But they don’t need to exist, and are actively harmful to people, and often just straight-up incorrect

!amitheasshole@lemmy.world

Ur mum’s pussy

It’s a joke to be fair

Oh you’re right, for America at least

They already said that

And liberals

Also excellent options