Lemdro.id

9 points

9 months ago

Two cents, I was going to recommend fairphone, my pixel 6 has been one irritating “update” after another that has made features worse and worse and some at this point have become bugs.

I’m completely over pixels and will be getting a fairphone next, great design and ethics I can feel good about.

Also, wtf no expandable storage, Google? What a shitty choice. I had cheaper phones with terabytes of storage years ago.

Check the 8 camera too, my pixel does some irritating high contrast postproc that I cannot turn off no matter what options are deselected, and even if I choose raw photos, the night looks like day.

Night sight is amazing for night vision but it makes my night pictures look almost like daylight, it’s crazy.

I’ll stop there, but the issues abound.

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Pantherina@feddit.de

0 points

9 months ago

If you own a Pixel, get GrapheneOS. Please give it a try! AOSP has not very many features, but GrapheneOS is profound.

I sadly have to advise against Fairphones. They make empty promises, include outdated hardware in their phones so they will not actually get that long firmware updates as promised.

Also, they are way less secure than a Pixel.

And they get quick access to Android Updates as they are certified, and still are extremely late at shipping the updates on time.

GrapheneOS can literally just see them when they are out, but still has only a delay of a day or so.

Fairphone is not a good company it seems. They are a bit more repairable, but their phones are way less secure and you shouldnt use their OS.

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2 points

9 months ago

But I haven’t heard anything that negates their ethically sourced materials or work force re Fairphone

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Pantherina@feddit.de

0 points

9 months ago

Afaik they paid slightly better than others but still basically the same

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2 points

9 months ago

Afaik, they don’t use child slavery, use sustainable manufacturing practices, they’re highly transparent about their labor practices and sourcing, strongly focused on environmentalism, and making things easy for their customers in terms of reparability and os customization.

I’m sure they’re not perfect, but they’re blowing away the competition I’m aware of with respect to responsibility, sustainability, trust, respect and service for their customers.

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Pantherina@feddit.de

1 point

9 months ago

Fairphones run Google’s Android operating system. As phone hardware improves, Google updates Android to increase functionality, and these updates render long-life hardware of Fairphones obsolete. Fairphone responds by slowing the frequency of updates on their phones, but certain apps require the latest Android version to run.

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Thats not a technical report but still very strange.

In general I couldnt find anything through a quick search, but I remember hearing that Apple pays the workers more than Fairphone.

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1 point

9 months ago

Oh, I’m definitely getting one of the murena fairphones, I wanted a Linux phone OS forever.

I’d be interested in seeing a source for Apple and fairphone worker wages, that makes zero sense to me, since so much of apples assembly work is done in China, specifically to keep manufacturing costs down.

Maybe because Apple pays more to their US engineers or something? But the children harvesting the minerals and the factory workers working 16-hour shifts in apple factories in China are the ones I’m concerned about.

I much prefer ethically sourced smartphone materials and workers, and as far as I can tell, fair phone is the only smartphone company committed to those sustainable and respectful ideals.

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1 point

9 months ago

Thanks, I’ll look into that you’re saying.

I have heard a lot about grapheneos but haven’t tried it yet

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