Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 22

@The_Observer6955 @Fairphone

Yup, good points.

I'm guessing this is why it doesn't come on the phone by default.

It would be a massive support headache for a small indie manufacturer if people buy a phone that can't do many common apps (which is unfortunately often the case with degooglised Android).

Making a degooglised version optional but easy to install seems like the least worst compromise.

@GoatsLive

About pricing, bear in mind Fairphones cost a bit more than rivals' devices because Fairphone are trying to pay people a fair wage all down the supply chain, from factories to raw materials.

As far as I know, no other phone manufacturer does this.

@GoatsLive

The "word on the street" is that the new model will be unveiled on 27th August, so that's next Tuesday.

@GoatsLive

Fairphone 3 coming soon (hopefully!) 🤞

Just to follow up on the recent post about ethical phone makers @Fairphone , a number of people asked if there was a more ethical OS on it too.

Fairphone comes with stock Google Android by default, but
Fairphone also make their own de-googlised version of Android called Fairphone Open:

https://code.fairphone.com

It doesn't come with the Fairphone by default, but because it's provided by Fairphone themselves it's relatively easy to install:

https://code.fairphone.com/projects/fp-osos/user/fairphone-open-source-os-installation-instructions.html

#Fairphone #Android

@pixelfed @spudboy

It would be brilliant if you could do this, it would make discovery so much easier 👍 👏 :blobaww:

@Antzee @pixelfed

Maybe @pixelfedde can help? Perhaps there's some update that needs to be made?

@pixelfed

Yes! 🤩

You can greatly customise your Mastodon Notifications section by clicking on the slider icon in the top right corner.

Try the different settings, they're useful :blobsmile:

More #MastoTips:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/tagged/mastotips

#Mastodon

@antipodescafe @Mastodon

The only reason it might be hidden is if you selected the "CW" button when posting.

If you didn't, then I have no idea why it's doing that :/

@antipodescafe

I'm not an admin or developer, but that does look like a bug?

Hopefully @Mastodon can shed some light on this?

@henk717

Twitter turns all links into shorteners anyway :blobsad:

All links in Twitter go to t.co, so that Twitter can track what people click on.

Reminder that you don't need to use link shorteners like bit.ly etc on Mastodon.

All links on Mastodon count for 23 characters no matter how long or short they actually are.

More #MastoTips:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/tagged/mastotips

#Mastodon #LinkShorteners

@kat

Could try @Carnet maybe?

@maximpistos @ikaros @requrious
@MangoMonster

Wouldn't it be easier to just favourite the post on your phone, then browse your Mastodon favourites list from your laptop?

@maximpistos @ikaros @requrious

I don't quite understand why a shortened link would be easier to open than a normal one?

Surely you just click on it?

And what happens to the links when the service shuts down?

@0x1C3B00DA

Not really.

An ordinary non-shortened link works fine on all sites.

There is absolutely no point using a shortener on Mastodon unless you want to track people.

@spud

There isn't any point doing so on Mastodon though? Unless you want to track people?