• sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    2 months ago

    One day if they can survive it and they are a good faith actor.

    What is their selling point? vis-a-vis graphene and calyx besides, a normie can buy it and use out of the box.

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      2 months ago

      Fair phones do not have grapheneos support

      I believe fair phones main selling point is greenwashing the normal cell phone experience.

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        2 months ago

        Greenwashing is a bit harsh, no? From what I’ve seen, Fairphone is fairly involved in the improvement of production processes and usage patterns of phones (fairer wages, safer/cleaner ressource extraction, long-term software support, easier repairability for a wide audience) to the extent that this is possible for a relatively small company. They haven’t always delivered on every one of these points, but have had a pretty strong record in recent years, stronger than any other company I know of. Or maybe there are other companies that do this better or similarly well?

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          Good point. Green washing might be too hard. How about the greener cell phone experience?

          Well I appreciate fairphone moving in the direction it is, they are still a venture back startup, which means they need growth in revenue. They’ve chosen to take the green route, which is nice, I wish them the best of success.