ExLisper @ ExLisper @lemmy.curiana.net

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Pfff, that's nothing. My club doesn't even have a website.

If you want to know copy and paste this link into your browser: text.only

Probably. I'm not saying that Frairphone is bad and that what they are doing doesn't have any value. What I'm saying is that their phones were always too expensive for me and now that there are other phones with 7-8 year lifespan on the market it's even harder to justify the expense. I'm glad that enough people had the money to support Fairphone and I'm grateful for their contribution in changing the legislation. Maybe in 5-6 years, when I have to change my phone, I will get a Fairphone.

Why TCL didn't pay them to also remove bad reviews?

The single best thing for sustainability is long lifetime of the phone. Now that EU mandates it and Apple, Pixel and Samsung all offer 7 years of updates Fairphone's advantage here is slim. The rest are just vague promises. Apple also promises to support people and communities involved in its supply chain: https://www.apple.com/supply-chain/ All the companies try to avoid sweatshops because it's terrible for PR but unless you are actually going to assemble the phone in EU you don't really know who made it. For me the difference between two phones made in China is not big enough to pay double.

Yes, that foxxcon. The one that has better reviews on Glassdoor then the company that assembles Fairphone. What's your point?

Pixel is build by Foxxcon. Foxxcon has 3.5 stars on Glassdoor. From what I found Fairphone is build by TCL which has 3.2 stars on Glassdoor.

It's all still made in Asia. It's really hard to monitor conditions there and it's pretty much impossible to monitor conditions at every step of the supply chain. I understand paying extra for a more sustainable phone (repairable, longer support) but paying double for a vague promise of being more "fair"? Thanks by no thanks. Pixel has 8 years of support now so the difference in sustainability is minimal.

This looks pretty good. The main issue with Fairphone for me is the price. FP 5 is still about 2x as expensive as Pixel 8. I got my Pixel 8a on promotion for ~250 euros. FP 5 still costs over 500. I never paid more than 300 euros for a phone and I'm not planning to.

The first 5 sets will be called USS Enterprise.

Are they going to invalidate the vote due to procedural errors?

Is it really that simple? I once was stack in customer service hell with my internet provider where they weren't able to connect me but didn't want to cancel my service. I canceled the contract, they charged me some cancellation fees, I refused to pay, they sold my debt to a collector who was not able to collect anything but threatened that they will put me in some registry. Couple years later I was taking a mortgage and I asked in the bank if being in some registry could be an issue and they said that no, they don't care about unpaid $200 debt. With a generic credit score that's different. The bank will see a low score and might not care how did you get it. That gives leverage to debt collectors and shitty companies.

Do you do rare but big donations or small ones spread over lots of causes?

Subscribing for regular donation is much better for the project because it helps them plan long tern.

I read they didn't knew if it's going to work or not. They still don't know if it worked. Trump says it worked because he's Trump.

Where I live older cars can't enter the city center. In a couple of years the ban will be expanded to all ICE cars. Many other cities are introducing same rules. This fight is pointless. Even if EU will not ban all ICE cars local jurisdiction will still fight them. On top of that last ICE cars manufactured in 2035 will still be on the roads until, what?, 2050? Those companies are basically lobbying for the right to complete against cheap electric cars from China with big batteries and fast charging. Good luck with that.

And it would have as much spam as email.

I'd rather stop polluting everything with plastic but I guess eating it and shitting it out is a good plan B.

This is the funniest shit I've seen in my entire life.

Ha!

... but they will vote Republican anyway.

Can someone check if my password was leaked? It's "Hunter2". Thanks.