my country doesn't really do this
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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I don't see it necessarely as a bad thing. I would rather have my gov id app (for taxes, id and driving licence, public services info) on my phone when i buy it, rather than candy crush and other fucking bloatware. I think it would also help a lot of non-tech savy users set up their phones quickly.
Second of all, gov ID apps having their own store on the side is good. Them being only available on google's store makes it so that if you want to access public services from your state you have to go through google (?), it is clearly not acceptable by a government standpoint, It is even worse than a monopoly.
I would rather have my gov id app
I'd rather have none of that. Give me basic system apps and an app store, and I'll handle the rest.
If an org wants stuff pre-installed, there should be an option for rolling out a batch of app installs when issuing a new device (probably exists?). Outside of that, leave the base install as bare as possible, and give me an option to import everything from my old device (exists).
So you want apple to help pre installing something so you didn't depend on Apple when users actually want to use the app. Can you tell me how this makes sense?
Its not about nicely asking apple for "help" pre installing some apps, it is forcing them to open up the os to different software sources.
So, no pre installs needed, all they want is what the EU did.
We don't need an article to say that.
I'll be the paragraph guy today.
BHIM stands for BHarat Interface for Money, a payment application that uses India's money transfer protocol called United Payment Interface (UPI). This makes all payments cashless, from ₹1 to ₹1,00,000. No transaction fees, as of yet.
Digilocker is a government document vault app that allows digital copies of documents to be enforced. You don't need to carry around the physical copies, the QR code generated by the app is scanned by specialised scanners that validate the validity of the document and also fetches any relevant records. This includes the Driver's License, Aadhar Card (Indian National Identity Card), PAN Card (Permanent Account Number; used for what is essentially a 2 Factor Authentication system of documents for verification of identity), etc.
Voter ID app is to identify your voting region, and make any changes to the details of your Voter ID.
The Gov.in store is new to me and I don't think I need one more store on my device, but hey... I don't use an iPhone 😄.
Why is all of this not a single app? Idk.
Coming back to the point, I don't mind having important apps like these pre-installed. It helps to have these for people who aren't as technically inclined as you'd hope.
Why is all of this not a single app?
Because they have very different functions though all associated with the government. It's just better to separate apps with different functions.
Thanks for the explanation.
Fair enough. I just wish it were a single super-app since that's more user-friendly. But its fine.
It's an indian government venture. If the scope is too big app updates would be spaced out to every 8 years
True.
These are all open-source and don't track location, right?
Lmao. No. UPI is an open standard I think... Open as in you can apply to use it. It is run via the Reserve Bank of India to ensure safety and validity.
But no. None of these are open source. Location tracking is, I think, not across them all...
UPI apps use it because it's easier to pinpoint where a payment was made, thus ensuring you can verify the payment receiver. That's all I understand about it atm.
No and No(For Digilocker)
I mean they are known to be invasive, even trying to ban VPNs so don't be too surprised lol
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This is so annoying, I don't want bloatware on my new iPhone.
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