Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 7 days agoFairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoThey weren’t before? What changed?
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI think they weren’t shipping, so people had to find a reseller or something like that
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSo all that changed is they ticked a box to include “US” deliveries on their ecommerce platform? I’ll never understand why that was so difficult
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThat’s not how the FCC works. They don’t approve things. You follow their standards. If you don’t, they fine you. There is no approval process for devices that must comply wit FCC, UKCA, or CE.
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agothat’s literally not true. you have to get a license to operate radio devices in the US. companies must get FCC certification for their devices to legally be sold here
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 days agoTo operate. Not to sell. It literally is true. I make and sell electronics to all three markets. There is no approval process for selling devices.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agohonestly, it’s probably more than that. you don’t just “tick a box” to send commercial packages to places… like, did you hear about VAT?
They weren’t before? What changed?
I think they weren’t shipping, so people had to find a reseller or something like that
So all that changed is they ticked a box to include “US” deliveries on their ecommerce platform? I’ll never understand why that was so difficult
I mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US
That’s not how the FCC works. They don’t approve things. You follow their standards. If you don’t, they fine you. There is no approval process for devices that must comply wit FCC, UKCA, or CE.
that’s literally not true. you have to get a license to operate radio devices in the US.
companies must get FCC certification for their devices to legally be sold here
To operate. Not to sell.
It literally is true. I make and sell electronics to all three markets. There is no approval process for selling devices.
honestly, it’s probably more than that. you don’t just “tick a box” to send commercial packages to places… like, did you hear about VAT?