Xiran Jay Zhao is posting about this on their Instagram a lot, which gives an insight into this from the POV of a Chinese person.

It’s not really your phone according to most big tech companies

At which point do political ideologies get shaped by “advertiser friendliness”?

Welcome to topology where your mug is a toroid and the orientation matters a lot.

Since bread cannot be attached to language in any orientable way, you are right: It ain’t a sandwich, it’s a salad!

Change to Linux on main PC when?

Same here. Maybe post it on feddit.de/c/blogging under a different account? :)

Ju meight häf tu diehl whiz ze akzent, but owerall itsch not tu bäd ei sink. :)

Continuing to maintain peace in the EU.

Worse harvests due to a major drought in the mediterranean. Olives and Trees now get stolen. Costs are also up, so it is a terrbile mixture.

Yeah, this will not hold up in court and is likely just for political points.

I don’t get it. People are working for free to add a feature to your product which might move more people to buy said product. Make users who use external features acknowledge some waiver that your company is not responsible for damage. If it turns out to be really good, you can fork it, hire the original inventor and turn it into a paid product. Isn’t that a risk-free win? Am I missing something?

I bought the FP3, then upgraded it to an FP3+ when the camera broke. Never had as much fun with a phone before or since. It has been my daily driver for years and it did everything well enough, if a bit slow. My friends either get new phones or use them despite visible damage because they can’t fix them. Now I ordered the FP5 to have the 3+ as a backup and test setup and I am confident I will use the FP5 for 3-6 years again :)

Fairphones are like an odd car: There are sleeker, faster, cheaper and maybe just better alternatives around. However you still like it and just learn where to hit it with a hammer when it starts making funny noises. If you can afford it and like odd devices, it’s for you.

Star Trek: Picard, when the Borg wake up and the Romulans just vacuum them out. In that moment the Cube should have automatically teleported them back inside. If the teleporters were down for some reason, the remaining Drones would just happily continue working in hard vacuum and proceed to assimilate the shit out of the Romulans. What happened was an uncalled for nerf of the Borg.

Is there a fediverse alternative yet?

Also, if you are a technical person I urge you to start a blog where you document problems you solve. It’s a great ressource for others and a resumé for you.