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#Smartphones

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

I think the #LightPhone3 is better than a shitty "#ProducedEwaste" #Android 8.1 brick from China but I don't consider it worth the premium asked [U$D 799 MSRP, U$D 599 preorder) for it.

I think people can get a better experience buying a #degoogled #Fairphone with #eOS and just put #RelaunchX as an #eInk-optimized #launcher on it and have a better option.

  • But I guess given #ForProfitHealthcare.in the #USA is expensive I can see why a lot of people would rather buy such a device and sell their old one than seek therapy if they are susceptible to shitty patterns that #developers harness to maximize #screentime and #revenue.

Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's apps of shitty #PayToLoose #games...

What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...

  • I just think that requiring.people.to sign up to some account just to be able to add/remove #Apps is a major #nope in my book.

I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...

  • It's just an insultingly high pricetag for < $200 internals and the best feature they have isn't even the phone but offering a "no frills" plan which seems okay by #USA standards but still...

I think people would be more accepting if it was a $299 or even $399 device, but at a price of a @monocles #phone whilst being way less versatile it's just not worth it.

  • Cuz it's not even a super "secure" device or offers something like a "concierge service" where the device price is artifically high to filter out average #WageWorkers without much disposable income...
YouTubeI Have A Problem with the Light Phone IIIBy Marques Brownlee
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R. Scott Pert

In an unprecedented move, the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google for violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall the company’s apps on their #Android #smartphones.

> This is the first time that #Japan has issued such an order against any of the major U.S. technology companies referred to collectively as GAFAM — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. japantimes.co.jp/business/2025 #Google #Alphabet #monopoly

The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law. | AFP-JIJI
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Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱

Nouveaux remous dans les #droits de #douane entre la #Chine et #USA. Le secrétaire #américain au #Commerce, Howard Lutnick, a déclaré dimanche que les #smartphones et les #ordinateurs qui ont été exemptés feraient finalement l’objet de #droits de #douane

midilibre.fr/2025/04/13/droits

midilibre.frDroits de douane : les États-Unis annoncent finalement des taxes "dans un mois ou deux" sur les smartphones, semi-conducteurs et ordinateursNouveaux remous dans les droits de douane entre la Chine et USA. Le secrétaire américain au Commerce, Howard Lutnick, a déclaré dimanche que les smartphones et les ordinateurs qui ont été exemptés feraient finalement...
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Calishat

#France #children #schools #education #smartphones

'The last decade or so has seen schools and governments alike working on a substantial question: To what degree should students be allowed access to their phones? France has been among those leading the charge, requiring smartphones to be turned off during school hours since 2018. Now, the country is taking things a step further, insisting that students leave their phone in lockers or pouches, The Guardian reports.'

engadget.com/mobile/smartphone

Engadget · France to ban students from keeping smartphones in schoolsBy Sarah Fielding
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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@newsopinionsandviews

I wonder if the #Trump despised, hated (#liberal) law firms that gave in to help his #MAGA agendas, were the ones to edfit the #tariffs to exempt #Smartphones, #PCs and #Tablets from #China and #SouthKorea⁉️

This what #EricHolder said in the video

"#Trump is getting these law firms to help him negotiate trade deals or work on this whole tariff, controversy"

"...these firms need to stand together. If we do, I think we ultimately win"

(cut) And I saw today, he was talking about getting these law firms to help him negotiate trade deals or work on this, this whole tariff, controversy. I'm not sure that they anticipated that, but that's what happens when you make deals with m, people like, uh, like like the president. You can't really tell exactly how you're going to be used. Um, and so I would hope that people, that firms would consider, their obligations, stand fast. Understand that if you sue if you sue you're likely to win and that you will not suffer any consequence as a result of your opposition. Now, it also means that other firms should not be trying to poach clients affirms that are the recipients of these executive orders. Should not be trying to approach lawyers of the firms that receive these executive orders. The profession these firms need to stand, um, together. If we do, I think we ultimately win. And for those who make these deals, what are you going to say five years from now when this is over. And when you start to talk about all the great culture that you have, the commitment that you have to the rule of law, how you're willing to take chances to take on unpopular clients. How are you going to say that with a straight face? How are you going to recruit young lawyers to come join you? (cut)
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