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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mostly the FairbudsXL which are basically a scam, as the parts fail chronically but fairphone has abandoned the product and the firmware. I have bought the same replacement part 4 times. Also much of the product is proprietary and they don't allow you to run your own software on them.

The fairphone itself is not awful and I'm still using my fairphone 4, but I increasingly get the idea that they are increasingly abandoning their values in favor of profits.

[–] AuroraSine@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, got it. Thanks for sharing that with me. Honestly, I've mostly been looking at Fairphone because I felt it was better than the alternatives. Plus, there was something nostalgic about being able to pop the battery out from the back, just like old phones. At the end of the day, what really matters to me is a de-Googled system like Murena. But yeah, having a nice-looking phone wouldn't hurt either. Thanks again!

fairphone is definitely better than samsung etc. I'm just being excessively negative like a good Lemmy user 🫡