Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoFairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square27linkfedilink cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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?
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-21 month 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.
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
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?
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.