The square app will not run on a phone that has developer mode enabled. I turned developer mode on to disable annoying animations, so now I can’t take card payments unless I carry around a second phone.
If Google goes through with this, my payment phone won’t be able to run any third party apps.
Australia almost did this right with the National Broadband Network.
Unfortunately, it was then sabotaged by the government after an election changed the majority party.
It seems to be back on track after wasting an extraordinary amount of time and money by installing copper lines, just to completely replace them with the fiber lines that were in the original plan.
I miss the comfort of having a single OS (not multiple distros to choose from), and a father who would reinstall the OS when I broke it too much again.
I miss the Macromedia Flash games, bringing games to school on a floppy disk labeled “homework” (then discovering I’d only brought the shortcut).
All of this is just nostalgia, and while I miss it, I’m happier now with my Linux Distro.
I’ve customised the desktop environment, broken the OS and reinstalled it myself (several times), and copied games to another device while forgetting to copy the folder containing my save files.
I guess some things stay the same.
I really wanted GrapheneOS, but ended up with /e/OS on a fairphone because I refuse to give Google any more money.
After replacing the default launcher with Lawnchair, I’m pretty happy with it. The physical switch (remapped to control the torch) is a nice touch.
Are they going to sue to operating system owners next? What about the web browser that offers the steam installer download?
It sounds like a faulty device to me. I recommend reaching out to customer support at a minimum.
I didn’t know you could use different launchers until a few weeks ago. I’m so much happier with Lawnchair.
Yes, microG is on /e/OS by default. I believe my bank uses some of the security features from Play Services that aren’t in microG.
I’m not 100% sure that it can’t be fixed, but it’s such a minor nuisance that I don’t think it’s worth my time to investigate.
Fairphone 6
My bank app will install, but I can’t login unless I also install Google Play Services. The website works fine without.
No issues with other apps. I do prioritise installing from F-Droid whenever possible.
Clickbait headlines to a paywalled article.
“Ask people what they hate about socialism/communism and they’ll describe capitalism.”
I once wrote a 2 line, 10 word script that had 9 bugs in it. I’m not overly proud of that one.
You can’t get a refund if you’ve been paying a subscription for a missing product.
I believe the call centre is available at 555-0100.
Things you should know: Your car won’t drive after it’s broken down.
Have you seen typst? It looks to be similar to LaTeX, but based on markdown.
I can only assume that message is because the FP 5 is not compatible with VoIP (not strictly related to the 3G cutoff). If so, that means it is actually unable to call emergency services, and is therefore unable to be used safely in Australia.
The emergency services in Australia have recently switched to VoIP only, and want to eliminate the risk of someone using a non VoIP capable phone as their only phone. This appears to be a general safety issue, not specifically targeted at Fairphone.
The FP 6 does support VoIP, so it should have no issues.
I have a fairphone 6 in Australia with no issues.
Can you elaborate?
Zulip is great for text based communities, but doesn’t have built in voice or video.
The holocaust was legal, hiding Jews to keep them alive was illegal.
Following the law does not guarantee you’re doing the right thing.