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erebion news.erebion.eu erebion@news.erebion.eu
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#52 · Quote Reply

This is because you have a limited understanding of what their compliance process entails. I don’t think they are intentionally refusing to accept payment from a list of countries but rather they have not completed the due diligence or fulfilled these compliance requirements yet. They are a relatively small company still.

Fairphone might just lack certification from Industry Canada, limiting direct sales to Canada.

Regardless whether that's the case or not, Canada and the EU should make sure CE declaration and IC certification get mutually recognised.

Reduce trade barriers, fight authoritarianism through cooperation.

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TheMightyCat ani.social TheMightyCat@ani.social
Joined: 2025-06-30
#53 · (edited) Quote Reply

If you order from another place you'd be importing. If, for example, you order something from China to somewhere in the European customs union, directly from China and not a European company, you'd be the importer and as such are responsible for following your country's regulations. Imagine being a seller and someone from another country, perhaps one you don't know much about and one that is no...

I'll happily accept if im wrong as i am not a lawyer and certainly not a Canadian one, ive tried to find enforcement based on it but i can't find clear cases on it, this is the legislation:

No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale or sell any radio apparatus, interference-causing equipment or radio-sensitive equipment for which a technical acceptance certificate is required under this Act, otherwise than in accordance with such a certificate.

Radiocommunication Act 4(2)

The question becomes does "offer for sale or sell any radio apparatus" also apply to companies outside Canada?

Still, i can imagine a company is not keen on selling products they know are illegal in the destination country, but the seller (outside canada) being liable for the radio act is maybe wrong then.

On the consumer protection part it does seem correct that the foreign seller is on the hook, atleast for provincial law.

This Act applies in respect of all consumer transactions if the consumer or the person engaging in the transaction with the consumer is located in Ontario when the transaction takes place.

Ontario Consumer Protection Act, 2002, s. 2(1)

Again assuming "all" then includes foreign transactions.

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erebion news.erebion.eu erebion@news.erebion.eu
Joined: 2025-11-20
#54 · Quote Reply

I'll happily accept if im wrong as i am not a lawyer and certainly not a Canadian one, ive tried to find enforcement based on it but i can't find clear cases on it, this is the legislation: No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale or sell any radio apparatus, interference-causing equipment or radio-sensitive equipment for which a technical acceptance certificate is...

The question becomes does “offer for sale or sell any radio apparatus” also apply to companies outside Canada?

Look at the first part of the sentence:

No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale

import is right there, you are apparently not allowed to import it under Canadian law.

Canadian law can, of course, not stop a company in another country from following different laws.

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
#55 · Quote Reply

CalyxOS works on it too reportedly. Really really enjoying calyx on my fairphone 6 (non plus).

Also iodéOS, IIRC

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
#56 · (edited) Quote Reply

Does Linux actually work on the 6+? I haven't been able to find any info on compatibility other than it supposedly existing.

I should add that Jolla is a Finnish, Linux-first phone. Runs Sailfish.

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