support until 2033? That’s actually insane.

That’s actually EU regulation.

7 years support after the end of product sales and at least 5 years of updates after end of sale of spare parts (Which means, mathematically the company intends selling the phone for one year and spare parts for 3 years from now on.)

So they basically “brag” with conforming to the rules of their home market.

Don’t get me wrong: Having long support cycles is awesome. But that is not something the WANT to do but they HAVE to do.

Battery goes bad? Just swap it

In my 26 years of using mobile phones I never ever felt the urge to swap the battery. Repairability of smartphones is such a non-issue in reality, it amazes me that people are so crazy about it.

or getting the battery replaced for $100

Speaking of which. The official shop doesn’t have a battery for the Fairfone 6. The battery for the Fairfone 5 would cost me 100 Euros (~116 USD)

What’s everyone else using?

I use a Pixel 7 Pro which has something audibly loose inside. Since everything works I don’t see any issues with whatever part has become loose. I think I will stick with it for now.

I stripped down Android to the bare minimum, use an app that blocks all data traffic except for the apps I want, and use an alternate launcher. That’s the most de-googling possible except replacing the installed Android version with something else.

It’s funny how the official Google phones are best for de-googling and causing the least amount of vendor lock-in.