Trump exempts smartphones from reciprocal tariffs after market rout (www.ft.com)
from FermionWrangler@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 06:27
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The Trump administration has excluded smartphones from its steep “reciprocal” tariffs as it battles to calm global markets by tempering its approach to the multifront trade war launched by the president.

According to a notice posted late on Friday night by Customs and Border Patrol, which is responsible for collecting tariffs, smartphones, along with routers and selected computers and laptops, would be exempt from reciprocal tariffs, which include the 125 per cent levies Donald Trump has imposed on Chinese imports.

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n3cr0@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 07:09 next collapse

I’m happy not to buy an iPhone and instead resort to European (Fairphone) and South Korean brands which actually fit my needs.

char_stats@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 08:29 collapse

Don’t forget all smartphones—except iPhones of course—still use Android, which is a Google OS with Google services. In the smartphone world, there’s no real alternative to American companies. It’s pretty much an American monopoly.

[deleted] on 13 Apr 08:51 next collapse

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Railcar8095@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 09:24 next collapse

There are a handful of smartphones that have other OS, and you can have degoogled Android without Google services.

It’s not for everyone, but there are options.

merde@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 09:32 collapse

Android 15 is the fifteenth major release and the 22nd version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance and led by Google.

The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium led by Google that develops Android.

we can degoogle android as much as we can, but we can’t degoogle completely unless we deandroid

Railcar8095@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 09:36 collapse

Tell me what is the issue with the code, not with the coder.

Still fell free to use a non Android/iOS option, but I’m sure you are using OEM Android/iOS, making this complain blatantly empty.

merde@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 12:26 collapse

If you read carefully, in the context of the comment it’s replying to, you’ll see that it wasn’t a complaint

Railcar8095@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 12:55 collapse

You’re replying to me, so tell me please about the context I’m missing

merde@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 16:12 collapse

let’s start from the beginning

Don’t forget all smartphones—except iPhones of course—still use Android, which is a Google OS with Google services. In the smartphone world, there’s no real alternative to American companies. It’s pretty much an American monopoly.

There are a handful of smartphones that have other OS, and you can have degoogled Android without Google services.

It’s not for everyone, but there are options.

we can degoogle android as much as we can, but we can’t degoogle completely unless we deandroid

meaning, it’s not a “real alternative to American companies”. Which, i understood what your comment suggested a degoogled android to be (because, you see, that was what the previous comment was about)

Tell me what is the issue with the code, not with the coder.

Still fell free to use a non Android/iOS option, but I’m sure you are using OEM Android/iOS, making this complain blatantly empty.

you replied with that comment and made it about me for who knows what reason. You also needed to make an assumption to feel even more righteous

If you read carefully, in the context of the comment it’s replying to, you’ll see that it wasn’t a complaint

the main point here was that "i wasn’t complaining in the previous message " but you were offended by the possibility of you missing something; because if you think that it’s a complaint, it has to be a complaint. Who am i to tell you that i wasn’t complaining in the comment i wrote. So, you of course deserved some explanation :

You’re replying to me, so tell me please about the context I’m missing

And here we are.

It’s raining outside and we’re far from home on a Sunday. You’re lucky today, I have all the time and the patience you need.

Railcar8095@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 16:21 collapse

Nice wall of text. Care to summarize in a point?

merde@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 16:31 collapse

pathetic

n3cr0@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 09:48 collapse

CalyxOS on Fairphone is your friend, my friend. 😎 It’s degoogled and it values your privacy. If you really need an app from Google Play, there is the Aurora store in between. For everything else thete is F-droid and the calyx and guardian repo.

olof@lemmy.ml on 13 Apr 10:20 next collapse

This

char_stats@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 15:43 next collapse

Oh I didn’t know that

aqua_cat@pawb.social on 13 Apr 17:45 collapse

LineageOS has the biggest library for supported devices afaik, and if you have a supported device you can try PostmarketOS which is Gnu/Linux based without any Android base, again afaik.

Fake4000@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 07:53 next collapse

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Litebit@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 15:34 collapse

China should add export tariffs on smartphones and electronic until Vance says thank you.

NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk on 13 Apr 19:33 collapse

Haha, that would be fantastic. Or until Vance says sorry for disrespecting Zelenskyy just for the shit n giggles

He’d not get it out of Trump but 100% you could cause division by Trump insisting that Vance has to do it :)

Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 14:36 next collapse

The stupidity is truly breathtaking.

Litebit@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 15:33 next collapse

lol he blinked again…

gargolito@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 19:33 collapse

I’m sure neither he nor his Mafia aren’t making any money from these market swings.