That is not what the eligibility tool for the battery program is telling me.
And Google Support told me the same thing when I asked for clarification about how the eligibility is determined.
Edit: The email says Pixel 7a, but that is a mistake on their part. I have a Pixel 6a.
Not OP but it would appear that any phone that is out of warranty will be denied a repair or refund.
I’ve been emailing back and forth with Google support about this issue for the past two weeks, and thusfar the only information I’ve gotten is that the reason my phone is denied a repair or refund is because the warranty expired in 2024.
I don’t even have information on whether my phone contains a defective battery in the first place. Since the refund eligibility tool doesn’t say that, and I haven’t received an answer to that question yet from support.
Given that the Pixel 4a came out in 2020 and the Pixel 6a in 2022, with warranties generally lasting 2 years, most phones will be out of warranty.
Edit: This is the most recent response I’ve received from Google Support.
The reason why the terms “eligible” and “impacted” are used like this is because I was trying to figure out the reason for the inconsistencies between the terms on their support page
I am very disappointed with the way Google appears to be handling the issue. They ship their phones with defective batteries, and are now not really doing anything to properly communicate the problem and fix the issue.
Instead we get a mandatory update and no real information
I’m a bit baffled by his hostile response. All I said is that I host and pay for my own server.
Nowhere did I claim that I host YouTube videos on that server, or that it is open to the public. I host that server for personal use, and for me and a few friends of mine. At most there is going to be two people connecting to it at once.
I have looked into hosting a peertube instance, but I’ve not really gotten around to figuring out how to set that all up.
Not op, but I pay for my own server, domain and IP (though it is not a static one). And I’ve donated to some of the fediverse platforms that I use, like lemmy.world.
I’m not sure what you are trying to get at?
From my understanding Wero is closely related to iDeal, which has been the main online payment platform in the Netherlands for two decades now.
The NL still needs to switch over though, but is set to do so by 2026 or 2027 last I heard.
My experience with iDeal has been good overall
Edit: I think Wero might be a good way in which Europe can decrease its reliance on American companies like Visa, Mastercard and Paypal
They would, but eventually their competition will overtake them and they will start losing customers and market share. They have to innovate at least a little bit if they wish to stay in the dominant market position that they are in.
My server has also not been liking the heat over the past month
Though in my case it’s because drive 3 is sitting in a slot that is possibly not getting enough airflow. It’s consistently running a bit hotter than the other drives in the system.
I really should get around to moving it to a different slot.
So that sounds to me that Americans should use a VPN to pretend they are accessing the website from Europe
But being based in the United States it is still subject to American laws, and that comes with the risk of potential American spying and embargoes. Software from any American entity (be it coorporation or non-profit) comes with that risk.
In that case it wouldn’t be “good enough”. But I don’t think this is such an all-or-nothing situation.
Don’t let perfection stand in the way of good enough
It may not be the holy grail, but moving away from Meta-owned Whatsapp is already a pretty significant improvement
Not all of them.
I have a non-official chat group with some colleagues, and a chat group for the neighbourhood that are not likely moving just because I am refusing to use Whatsapp. It would just result in me missing out on those chat groups.
Currently I just have both installed, and that is also how I try to convince people to install and try out Signal.
But my goal is not to move to Threema, my goal is to move away from Whatsapp.
Signal fits the bill while expending far less social capital convincing people to use it.
Then by all means keep that momentum going.
I’m just looking at this from a Dutch perspective, where Signal is seeing by far the most growth.
Yeah, but Threema has basically no momentum behind it at all at this point.
I’m putting my social capital behind the option that currently stands the most chance of beating out Whatsapp
After Trump was elected and inaugurated, Signal has finally been gaining some steam here in the Netherlands.
It’s still an American company, so it’s not ideal. But it’s still significantly better better than letting a tech giant like Facebook have control over the most commonly used chat app.
WhatsApp needs to go and Signal is the most likely way in which we can achieve that. We can worry about the American elephant in the room later.
I had the same experience with Spotify recently, but apparently they are Swedish.
There is low-key quite a few large European tech companies that are easily assumed to be American.
OP’s question is for “single board computers developed or produced in the EU or Europe” though
The Raspberry Pi foundation is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Foundation
Not sure if you are looking for a Pi replacement specficially, but if your goal is only to buy European, the Raspberry Pi already has you covered
I’m currently using Ecosia as well, because they are working together with Qwant on a European search index. I want to support that.