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"Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tips

My general guide for tipping

  1. traditional service industry where their employer pays them $2/hr. YES, but I wish your employer would just pay you. I'm still tipping not going to punish their employer for that but seriously try not to even go to these places anymore.
  2. Other traditional services industries, barbor, nail salon,etc. Yes as appreciation. They personally took care of me so yeah.
  3. Baristas, it any other ipad station. NO. They are paid a standard wage. I might drop my change in a tip jar every now and then when paying cash but that's it.
  4. Food trucks and other independently owned stores. Generally No. Food trucks are independently owned and not service industry. If they need more money charge more for the food.

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Fairphone 6+ is now official and coming to the US

Couple of things they really need to fix that they just keep dropping the ball on.
Hardware, why still USB. 2.0

More timely software updates. The fairphone 6 launched the same month as Android 16 but the Fairphone 6 took until March of 2026 to recieve an update to Android 16. Still waiting on Android 17 which was released last month. Waiting to see how they do on this next major update but 6 month lag time is not impressive.

Unfortunately it is one of the only phones that has a user replaceable battery and is easily repairable. I WANT to like this phone. Just fix the software and don't cheap out on wired things like connectivity standardards that literally would have added pennies to the cost.