The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor upgrade over its predecessor, despite costing more. However, it's available to US buyers, which is a significant development.
In what way forcing a regional restriction a good thing? All banks in my country support international payment methods like master card and visa, while most banks also provide and option to register an euro card. How does intentionally not accepting international payment even in euro just because the card is registered in other country, a good thing and counts as a strict complience?
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.
This is simply due to a strict compliance process which is a good thing
In what way forcing a regional restriction a good thing? All banks in my country support international payment methods like master card and visa, while most banks also provide and option to register an euro card. How does intentionally not accepting international payment even in euro just because the card is registered in other country, a good thing and counts as a strict complience?
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.
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