Not a vertical mouse:

I have a Ploopy mouse (specifically the thumb). It has different enough way of using it that I haven’t suffered wrist strain since.

Everything is open source and all physical parts are 3D printed. I’ve replaced 1 broken part twice so far.

A trackball mouse does take some time getting used to, and never quite achieves the accuracy of a regular mouse.

Have you seen typst? It looks to be similar to LaTeX, but based on markdown.

I’m sorry. I was angry with the current decisions, and haven’t been as careful as usual with verifying my sources.

I still believe that nothing good will come of this, but I cannot prove that nationality will have anything to do with it.

I have deleted my own comments, and will be more careful next time to avoid spreading rumor and misinformation.

No, that’s hippos.

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.

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I’m not on a 5G plan so I can’t say for that, but 4G works flawlessly. VoIP is supported. I am also on Amaysim.

I paid €42 EUR for shipping from Europe.

No hardware or software problems related to Australia.

I’m running /e/OS. It was more expensive than paying for Google Android then flashing /e/OS myself, but I wanted to support a non Google option.
Banking apps and authentication apps don’t work on default /e/OS because they rely on Google Play Services. You can add play services back, but that defeats my reason for using /e/OS.

I love the physical switch. I remapped it to the torch (after 1 OS update) and use it all the time.

I am slightly disappointed by the case. I was hoping it would cover all of the back and sides. It does protect from dropping on a flat surface, but I’m worried about a table corner or gravel scratching the unprotected section.

I’m not a big fan of the apple style home screen. I would prefer to hide and/or uninstall apps that I won’t use. The best I’ve got is putting them in a folder. Overall it’s still usable and not a deal breaker.
Edit: just discovered lawnchair. I’m very happy with it.

Overall opinion: excellent phone, would buy again.

Can they add a button “understand this for me”? I don’t feel like a summary is reducing my effort enough. /s

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I got a friend in Europe to forward a Fairphone 6 to me (to Australia). I’ve had no issues with anything so far.

Mobile data and phone calls work flawlessly. I’m happy to answer any questions about it.

I have a fairphone 6 in Australia with no issues.

Can you elaborate?

NSW police make Israeli president feel at home by mercilessly attacking anyone with a Palestine flag - The Chaser

A brief explanation of just how bad that one guy was for the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPduRHBhHI

Zulip is great for text based communities, but doesn’t have built in voice or video.

I will agree, the situation is getting better.
But we could have had even better than that 5 years ago if the government hadn’t thrown away a perfectly good upgrade plan to spend more money on copper.

How long until “please stop killing innocent people” is also considered hate speech.

Usual reminder that police aren’t supposed to kill innocent or guilty people. The correct process involves a trial.

*blacksmith hits sword*
Sword: Harder daddy

Wi-Fi is bad for me because the alternative is mobile data.

I live in Australia where the broadband speeds are 12.5 to 100Mbps.

That just sounds like a .norm file