cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33213275
I know android is minimally related to linux and the question doesn’t resemble a typical question for a linux forum but each time I’ve asked here you’ve provided valuable information:
I now reside in Germany and my current employer pays 50% of this so called Deutschland-Job-Ticket. There is no physical card but travel information you download to an android wallet, but apparently google wallet is the only available option. See the picture:
Google is a company I don’t trust with my data, neither do I expect your regular public transportation authority employee to care about his privacy (he looked at me as I was asking if 2 + 2 equal 4). I am not aware of non google based wallets where I can download the travel information.
I tried some f-droid and droidify options but it turns out they’re pure crap.
The site: https://abo.ride-ticketing.de/app/ I log in with my username and password, get my travel information and on the bottom the picture I uploaded.
Any workarounds?
This being Germany, shouldn’t there be an alternative to those who refuse google? Don’t I have that right as a consumer?
Another question: I screenshot my logged in session on the link I provided where you see my qr code and my billing data. The public transportation employee told me that’s not allowed (wtf?). Can anyone here provide a rationale?
I’m using fWallet for Eurostar, plane tickets, etc anything with PkPass. Very minimalist, just does the job.
- code repository https://gitlab.com/TheOneWithTheBraid/f_wallet
- f-droid delivery https://f-droid.org/packages/business.braid.f_wallet/
I had a similar issue in my city. I had to talk to the human resources division at my organization, and they were able to work directly with the local transit agency to get me a physical card, but it was a pain, and it certainly wasn’t advertised as possible anywhere. It may be worth trying to call people and ask.
What do they say if you don’t have a smartphone?
they laugh.
All the old people are fucked and have to fumble with (from their pov) alien technology (a smartphone).
At least thats what I’ve heard from the family of friends that live in Germany.
They could buy a chip card.
afaik in the past yes, now some places are phasing them out and going app only. Your link is only for one area.
You said you tried Apps from F-Droid, still FossWallet in F-Droid works good for me.
As far as I remember, things other than credit/debit cards in Google Wallet are pretty much images that you can scan like you would a paper ticket. Maybe download that ticket somehow — if some other app provides the same android “activity” as Google Wallet (so it shows up in “Open WIth” menu when you clicj that button), you can use it to avoid Google completely. If it’s hardcoded to use Google Wallet, make a separate account just for this ticket. Then just open the ticket in the app, take a screenshot, and use your favorite gallery app to scan it in at ticket gates.
Do you trust any other provider? Amex used to have a payment type app but I’m not sure I’d call it a wallet. From what I remember Amex wasn’t well used in Germany.
You’re better of looking in the degoogle communities. Sorry, I still haven’t learned to cite the communities here properly (there seem to be two forms). Type degoogle into a community search box (all one word, no hyphens)
