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The Fairphone experiment is changing the tech industry (www.fairphone.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is it??

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

More and more repair options are available for devices, longer warranties, documentation more readily available for independent repair, pushing for ethical resource gathering and treatment of employees... Yeah I think it's making an impact.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think the question is: how much of this change can really be attributed to Fairphone? The right to repair fight has been gaining momentum for some time, and while Fairphone may be helping somewhat, it also feels like it's just riding the wave.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Maybe, but fairphone is walking the walk while the big corps are dipping their toes at this point... Or being forced to dip their toes due to non American governments.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Hardware repairability is only part of the solution. We also need the right to maintain the software after the hardware manufacture decides they will no longer provide software updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

is it available in the us?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Still no

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Costs £700 for the features of my midrange £250 Motorola, plus repairability, minus a headphone jack.