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Is the fairphone really worth it? (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by dontblink@feddit.it to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The new fairphone 5 came out, it looks cool but the price is really, really high..

If it's a phone that can really last 10 years it could be good, but is that true? Is it worth it? I could get the one with /e/os from Murena because i want a degoogled phone with a bootloader locked, but is it usable on a daily basis?

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[–] StickBugged@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is it bad from a privacy perspective?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not bad, it's just that it's an Android phone like any other. It doesn't claim to be more "private". It would be approximately the same amount of work to degoogle as any other Android phone.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably easier if they dont actively try to prevent you from unlocking & rooting

[–] madis@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Though that does not equal to interest by the devs who create ROMs and other such content.

Maybe less of a concern since Treble but a concern nonetheless.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Every Fairphone to date (perhaps not the original) has had support for custom operating systems, on behalf of both the Fairphone developers and community developers at large. The Fairphone 4 is one of the most widely supported modern devices and there is no reason to think this will suddenly change with the 5.

[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 5 points 1 year ago

Fairphone always had a lot of interest from the open source community, I don't see why that would change...

[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 10 points 1 year ago

They literally launched a /e/OS version the same day...

[–] JVT038@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The default Fairphone OS has Google and a bunch of other trackers.

For a good privacy friendly Fairphone, you should get the Murena Fairphone (they preinstalled DeGoogled /e/OS)

[–] zorbse@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So not really worse than any other Android phones

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

No worse, and with the benefits of a re-lockable bootloader and widespread custom OS support.