How to invest in stocks in the United States without non-libre software?
How to invest in stocks in the United States without non-libre software?
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This is interesting. I'm not sure what is ment by non libre software. I imagine something like FOSS or graphineOS. Which I use on a nothing phone. I currently use the Vanguard app. Not but two or three times a month. And my apptracker blocking is flooded dailey. Sometimes over 600 attempts for app tracking from Vanguard. At all hours.
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What is your apptracker?
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I thought it was "built-in" but actually it is DDG
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I don't know of anything fully libre exists, so in lieu of that: TD Ameritrade was the only software I found that actually has a Linux client. I'm pretty sure it's still proprietary, but idk of anything else.
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Try to ask your friend to make this operations for you so you will not use not libre software
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Vanguard and Fidelity are both good. You can just use the web site, probably you can even just call them up and make requests over the phone. Vanguard is a little bit more for normal person investing (mostly index funds and no weird shit), Fidelity offers crypto and all the nonsense too if you want that, but they're both pretty respectable.
Phone orders cost money, lol. Website is always a great option
All orders cost money. If they're not charging you $5 per trade or whatever, then they're taking a lot more than that by selling your "order flow" to someone who's shaving little bits off it by creatively timing when the trades actually are going through and at what exact price.