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Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence(www.ifixit.com)

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While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys’ opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

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Fog0555@lemmy.world
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Have you tried Ubuntu Touch?

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retrieval4558@mander.xyz
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I tried it on a spare old phone and found it pretty unusable tbh. Very limited application choices and I hated the UI / app management work flow.

Also I hated that by default the terminal (and superuser privileges) are VERY locked down.

It’s possible I just didn’t know what I was doing tho ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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atmur@lemmy.world
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Yeah, I’ve put Ubuntu Touch on a Pixel 3a and had a pretty similar experience unfortunately. I see potential, but it’s just not usable yet (for me at least).

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Fog0555@lemmy.world
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Dang, I haven’t ever tried it. I was hoping for more configurability.

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tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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Perhaps next year will be the year of the Linux Phone. Alas, the same problems that plague the Linux desktop plague the phone. Lack of software.

It’s also very difficult to move out of the Apple ecosystem once everything just works the way you think it should. 

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PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world
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I’m quite interested in the developments on waydroid that would allow the use of Android apps on a Linux phone.

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tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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Now that’s an interesting concept.

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spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
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Agreed. I don’t have a home computer. All of my online experience is done through my iPhone. I can’t be messing around with phones I constantly need to tweak or troubleshoot. I’ve done it to myself, but I’m okay with where I’m at rn.

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