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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • I disagree with you last point.

    If it wasn’t the default, people with poor vision would most likely wouldn’t even know how to activate it by themselves.

    Most regular users, especially older ones that are more prone to these conditions, aren’t technically savvy enough to rummage through app settings to learn how to toggle accessibility features.

    They’d just try to put on reading glasses and then struggle to use the app as it is.

    I think it makes more sense to have sensible defaults like that be activated and make it opt-out for those that don’t like it









  • I think that, rather than using Gmaps WV, one should rather opt to using Osm maps.They client is free software and the map data is collected by volunteers all around the world, doing their best to contribute to the project.

    That way, you can still use navigation and you won’t ever need a Google account (or an accoint for anything, really).

    As for Google play, yeah, I definetely recommend Aurora store.

    Personally, I use Aptoide to get my apps from, because that’s entirely independent of Google servers and it’s its own thing, so it’s even better. However, I wouldn’t recommend it personally because a lot of apps that existed on Google Play don’t exist on Aptoide’s apps repository and the third party repos are not very trustworthy






  • I currently have a Fairphone 4 device.

    Hard to say about loyalty, since this is the only time I can say I’ve personally been attached to any particular phone brand. And if their device will prove to be very badly designed then I’ll obviously go back on my decision.

    I guess what I like about them is their stance on various social issues, like the sourcing of raw materials that go into manufacturing a modern smartphone, and how they commit to improving themselves based on that.

    For example, they talk about forming the Cobalt Fairtrade foundation, in the hopes of promoting the ethical sourcing of the cobalt that goes into your phone’s battery, so that it doesn’t involve child labor.

    Or how they claim to pay factory workes a better wage that most other manufacturers, even though this can only be achieved by overpricing their own phone, which makes it less attractive.

    Granted, you really have to care about this stuff yourself to become invested in the company because the phone itself is very bland and, otherwise, quite overpriced





  • As a fairphone 4 owner, I can vouch for them.

    Yeah, their hardware is pretty bland and unimpressive but sometimes a boring phone is a good choice for some people.

    The Fairphone 4 doesn’t have a headphones jack, nor does it have wireless charging. It also only has 1 SIM slot (I think it was micro-SIM: either that or nano-SIM, I can’t remember) but it also supports e-SIM natively, so that you can have two phone data plans simultaneously: one with a physical SIM and one with an eSIM.

    It also works quite well and it allows you to unlock thebootloader using an automated online tool, where you have to provide the serial number and some other number on the phone box.

    Also, the battery life is quite decent, and it supports fast charging