It's because most banks support Google Pay instead of using their own app. It's perfectly possible for banks to not use Google Pay. A few banks here don't support Google Pay, instead you have to download their app to use nfc payments.
It won't mess with anything, but it does require to be set up on every pc you want to use it.
Yeah I'm trying to go Google-less on my phone (I'll still use Youtube and such on my tablet), but I didn't really think about all that's synced with Google. I'm testing different solutions, but I haven't found a solution for all of it, thanks for the suggestions!
I wasn't able to find those settings. It's also not for installing new apps, but more for updates. You'll have to check for updates manually because of it. It also wasn't for the Play Store, but for F-Droid and such. I do think I'll install it again at some point, but I do use some Google services like the photo's backup and app backup. If I can find alternatives for that I will try it again.
I also like it, but installing apps takes such a long time and auto updates don't always work. When you open aurora store or f-droid you'll get a dialog to allow an app to install. Battery drain was also higher than on stock. Not sure why that is, even without Google apps.
I didn't say I couldn't fix the issues, but the fact that some of those issues exist even since XP is pretty bad. Just search around online and you'll find many posts about these driver issues. And then there's all of the ui inconsistencies and issues. Most of those are small, but still annoying once you see them. Especially when using Windows on a tablet, even Microsoft's own Surface line.
For HP ZBooks for example there was an issue that completely prevented you from installing some updates like Windows 10 20H2 without any warning as to why it wouldn't install. It just failed at 61%. It turned out to be audio drivers for the audio chip in the dock. The only way to get it updated was to connect the dock, finding the audio device in device management and removing it. Then disconnect before Windows reinstalls the driver again.
This has happened for multiple versions.
Try Windows. It regularly breaks drivers (not only WiFi) on some hardware (mostly HP). I've never had issues with WiFi on Linux on HP, Dell, Microsoft Surface and even a Macbook.
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