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[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My Fairphone 3 is almost as good as new. Although it was behind competition from the beginning, I hope more recent iterations filled the gaps!

I have not much hope for corporations, but what disappoints me the most is other people. Every-time someone needs to buy a new smartphone around me, they just stop considering Fairphone when they find out their latest model is at 700€ and end up buying a 550€ model from Google or Samsung. Like, people complain they don't want their manufacturer rely on child labor or any dirty sourcing but they actively make that decision on their own to spare a few bucks or not risk the discomfort of having a phone running transitions at 50 FPS instead of 90 ...

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago

We can't fix systemic issues by relying on individuals to make "moral" decisions in a system we are all exploited under.