alexcleac

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[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Interestingly, I do not see quite a bit of European countries, including Poland, Czechia, etc

Feels like either an attempt of manipulation, or lack of research

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The answer is “yes”, according to this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xMxH0usC7Ew

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 2 points 3 months ago

Wow, it looks so nice, compared to most dishwashers I ever saw!

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I was really sure Fairphone is assembled in Europe.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Haha, nice :)

According to bits and crumbles of information I found, the actual assembling seem to be happening in Europe, though the components are the coming from various sources, including China and (mostly) US.

I definitely see your point, though in my eyes, having phone designed in Poland and assembled in Europe is infinitely times better than an iPhone, which is designed in US, and assembled in China in extremely unclear work conditions, or Xiaomi which is 100% China. Especially if it is a product prioritizing conscious usage.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, the line of Trump politics was kind of obvious from the beginning, unfortunately. Sadly majority of US voters did not see it through before, and continue "not looking up" :'(

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It is using Android as a base OS, my guess is it should have it out of the box.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have few hypothesis:

  1. They know what they are doing, and the goal of current actions is to make rich americans even richer (at the cost of whole other world). Because any kind of crisis causes the same thing: poor gets poorer, rich gets richer (with some level of shuffling in place).
  2. They are approaching things using the "startup approach", using the Zucks motto "move fast and break things", without taking a second to think things through.
  3. They truly believe that those things will make it better (which I strongly disagree with, because things will get better only after any of those tariffs are lifted, regardless if it happens after the current market storm stabilizes or before)

Neither option has anything good about it, though I am not sure if it makes sense to speculate about reasoning anyways: both hypothesis give mostly similar "next steps" predictions. My take is that next steps will be advancing even more towards "america only", either by NATO speculation (which have already started), or by getting closer with the russian regime, or anything else.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It also is usually cheaper to do it that way. I’ve noticed quite a while ago the difference in subscription prices on website vs Apple Pay.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah… I know the feeling :)

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I see your point, and it kind of makes sense to see bankruptcy as an attempt to start clean. I did not know about that, thanks for letting me know.

Still, my take is that Jolla’s products should be considered carefully, and history should be taken into account.

[–] alexcleac@szmer.info 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I do not as of now, although I am still very suspicious about the company, partly because of weird “no politics” response when team was asked to claim their stance on full-blown invasion. As a strong reason for it is that Jolla business with russia was being done after Crimea peninsula annexation.

Bottom line: I do not see this platform as being actively involved with warmongering state, but as one that directly supported an ability for it, and a potential risk.

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