You seem to have taken my statement out of context - the keyword in my sentence was “if”… A flagship Samsung Galaxy phone is about the same price as an Apple iPhone (both probably overpriced when new) - I’ll never understand these people who insist on a new smartphone every 12-24 months - why?
I buy a 2nd hand phone and use it for 5-6-7 years…
Anyway - similar holds true for tablets… Apple ones are better engineered with a longer support life (software support) than equivalent Android tablets…
I bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy Note tablet in 2013… it was about the same price as an iPad - but I got the Android device 'cause it was “pen enabled” (this was before apple did the Apple Pencil!)… Horrible cheap nasty piece of plastic it was too… And Samsung abandoned it, and it’s successor the 12.1" version - at Android 4…
My issue is not that Samsung stopped the support of my perfect running phone. It’s that many app developers drop the support for Android 8 without valuable reason. And Web devs that ignore screen sizes still in use.
According to a chart I saw on the web, only Android 14 and above are currently supported which means they will be receiving updates and security patches.
I think it’s down to the members and our respect for the knowledge and wisdom each member has. We are all equally equipped with different experiences which we are happy to share and receive.
Plus any new member joining receives the same quantity of service a warm welcome and answer to their questions.
Occasionally we get interest from some who does not feel the same and we try very hard to encourage a change towards the sharing. If not the are asked to leave or amend the post.
Most of us have been around for a long time in computing experience and perhaps our mature attitude helps.
We do not allow race. Sex. Religion. Money. Politics. Handicap . Abuse. Bullying . Language difficulties etc to come into play and everyone is equal In the quest for knowledge and sharing.
You are ALL important to us as members to be able to continue
In my experience, every organization/community develops its own ‘corporate’ culture that starts with the leadership and filters down through the ranks, so for It’sFOSS, the general attitude of our community begins with Abeshek. He has always engendered the ethos of the GNU/Linux community at large in everything about how IT’sFOSS, and the IT’sFOSS community operate. If you’ve been watching, you should have noticed how he and the moderators handle handle posts/behavior that do not align with the site’s established guidelines, not with an iron hand, but only as firmly as needed. As I see it, all members are supported and included here.
Hi Abhishek, apologies if this is the wrong place for this but thought worth mentioning; I tried to buy It’s FOSS a coffee but ran into the following error;
As per Indian regulations, export transactions require a description.
I tried it twice with x2 cards, but if there’s something I’m missing, please let me know. I enjoy both your articles and the forum, and would like to contribute to the future of It’s FOSS
Separately, I think the banner is a good idea; it’s what prompted me to contribute. For me it looks okay on mobile devices, a bit funky but not as misaligned as Alfred’s screenshot.
The laws are strict and weird. Legally, donations from other countries are not allowed. And any payment should have some sort of description (on what’s being purchased) and/or payee should share their address.
It shows up for some people while not for others.
An alternative way could be to ‘purchase’ one of the ebooks and enter the desired amount. You may have to share your address (not necessarily exact address) at the checkout or in your Paypal account, I think.
For many years whilst working I became a member of the British computer society. It had different levels of membership depending on your qualifications associate, member, fellow. With that you could use the letters after your name so I became a fellow. Useful when applying for jobs in some areas.
Not sure if this would attract members and how it would work. Just an idea.
During app. 15 years, I was a member of ACM. But that didn’t help find jobs at all. The access to their library was helpful in some of the projects I was working on at that time. But it took a significant amount of money. The same applies to my subscription on MSDN. Tempi passati.
