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Big tech can't win because you can't force the internet to do something.
Gilmore's quote was true then, it is not the current state of play.
If you need to use banking/government/transit apps, you need to play by the rules now
Apps are not the internet.
Many things need an app. I have to use a government one for work, there is no website for it. It's locked down and will not work on a rooted phone. That's what I mean.