• mal3oon@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    This is a big issue that the fairphone doesn’t have its dtb open yet. It’s not easy to build ROM for it. Despite their core claim of sustainability, without addressing the blobs, it remains just a tad more convenient for green minded people. We need a full Fairphone.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      That’s fair and all, and I see your point. A 100% “fair” phone is the end-goal.

      Butin the battle against corporate douche-baggery, if we keep making perfect the enemy of good, we’ll never get anywhere.

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      9 hours ago

      And besides that, fairphone is just greenwashing when it comes to repairability, good luck finding parts for previous generations.

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        7 hours ago

        You can still get cameras and screens for the Fairphone 2 from Fairphone. No they’re not making more, but they also have never said “unlimited support forever”.

        That the process doesn’t require prying apart glue alone makes it significantly more repairable than any other mainstream phone.