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And please do not enter my mentions with “but you can install a different operating system on it.”

Statistically speaking, no one does that.

No one buys a car and changes the engine except for car geeks.

(Not to mention the legitimacy an organisation with the stated goals of Waag/FairPhone gives to surveillance capitalism by endorsing Google… I mean, that’s something special that money can’t buy.)

same with removing a phone jack: support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us…

"In the current user feedback surveys we see more people being critical about the current Fairphone dimensions than about the fact that they have to use an adapter for using devices with headphone jack."

But no numbers given :/

the shit part is that if they don't do it, lots of people won't buy their product.

In my country (idk how it is elsewhere), banking or government apps literally will not work unless you have them installed through the app store (which ok you can spoof if you know what you're doing but same argument as changing OS applies) and/or unless you have Google Play Services. It's a huge issue for google-free custom OS users.

Murena are selling a degoogled fairphone 5 that ships at the end of September, so I would imagine they were working with Fairphone to get it ready in time:

murena.com/shop/smartphones/br…

#FairPhone
#FairPhone5
#Murena

@SigmaOne It's on sale here with a google-free OS :
murena.com/shop/smartphones/br…

feat @murena

@jeanjean @SigmaOne @murena I had my reservations about their App Store but it looks like they’ve made improvements (see nervuri.net/e/app-lounge) so, yeah, that’s a good alternative to have.

And there’s no reason (beyond wanting more sales) that FairPhone cannot do that themselves instead of continuing to legitimise Google and surveillance capitalism. But I guess it’s better to have your cake and eat it too.

Sorry Aral, .... But the general public expects an Android phone to act like an "Android phone".

There is a version with e/os being sold somewhere else. Because Fairphone did work with e/os for the fp4 at some point iirc. So there are options.

But the average consumer just wants regular Android

They have an official partnership with eos:
fairphone.com/en/2020/04/30/ke…

#Google #SurveillanceCapitalism #FairPhone

Keeping your data safe with /e/OS - Fairphone

We’re delighted to announce our new partnership with /e/ Foundation for an open-source operating system that prioritizes user privacy. /e/ Foundation is an international non-profit project with the mission to make user privacy accessible to all.

^{Agnes (Fairphone)}

Maybe they would struggle to have any market impact sustainability and (resource) ethics-wise if nobody bought their phones because they can't run the play store.

They're trying to end labour exploitation specifically aren't they - make the production of mobile hardware more ethical. A case of different priorities. But it's a fair criticism.

@jeanjean @SigmaOne @murena

Maybe they would struggle to have any market impact sustainability and (resource) ethics-wise if nobody bought their phones because they can't run the play store.

They're trying to end labour exploitation specifically aren't they - make the production of mobile hardware more ethical. A case of different priorities. But it's a fair criticism.

@jeanjean @SigmaOne @murena

Fair point, but if you don't think they are evil or stupid, then this is part of their theory of change i.e. gain market share. I understand it like this:

People who use Google can use a Fairphone, people who like Free Software and Responsible Online Services can also use a Fairphone.

But who do you have to market to, because they don't already know you and your product? Exactly.

Hm, i think your "no custom roms" is a bit oversimplified.
For example they partner with /e/ / murena so you can buy degoogled Fairphones if you want to.

Shop link for degoogled FP5:
murena.com/shop/smartphones/br…

Yet i agree they could push that more and make it more visible

@jeanjean @SigmaOne @murena

I have been using /e/os now for almost a year as my daily driver (on a Oneplus 7 Pro) and it is a really solid solution for me. As long as Chromecasting and AndroidAuto is not important to you (and it shouldn't, given the #surveillance, please do consider it as well. I am always shocked about the amount of Google (spyware) presence when I revert to a 'normal' Android phone.

#Fairphone5 with /e/os is definitely on my shortlist when my current phone dies.

idk about the #fairphone 5 or 4 but previous fairphones have relatively easy to load with #lineage or #efoundation OS
With or without #MicroG

I resent the #google much of what google do and their collection of data on people who have never meaningfully consented but #fairphone are way better than average

👋 @agnes007 je suis désolé, je n'ai pas réussi à retrouver (l'extrait de) la conférence où tu expliques que FairPhone ne peut pas vendre de FairPhone avec des Android dérivés (type /e/) à cause du contrat qui lie FP avec Google car pour être revendeur officiel d'appareils Android, il faut respecter un certain nombre de critères (support matériel, suivi des failles de sécu, autres...) ce qui vous empêche de vendre avec une ROM alternative. Une piste ?

Merci d'avance et bravo pour le FP5 👍 👏

@mateitudor So I guess they’ll implement the move away from Google after they’ve scaled and exited. Because apparently they recently took venture capital.

mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110978891…

Exactly. They're not Samsung. They can't afford to put a lot of effort into creating a custom OS, and they do need the experience to be just as good as any other Android variety. If their OS sucks, less people will buy a Fairphone, which means more people will buy a more polluting phone. That's their primary concern.

I believe they did have the option for a deGooglified OS in the past, but my guess is that it wasn't popular enough to justify continuing it.

This is where competition authorities should do something weird like "enforce a fair market" or "stepup to power-abusing #BigTech companies".
There are two clauses in the contracts manufacturers have to sign that are highly problematic:

1) if you put any Google service on a phone, you MUST deliver the complete bundle of bloatware, including Search, YouTube, Gmail, PlayStore etc, even if all you want is push notifications
2) if you want to sell some device with Google services, you MUST install them on all devices you sell.

Now #FairPhone could of course NOT accept the contract and only sell devices with fair software, but probably no one would buy one then, statistically speaking.

And yes, this power abusing stranglehold of #Google on the device manufacturers is still no excuse for the lame pro-surveillance marketing shit they spout.
#surveillance #SurveillanCapitalism #FuckOffGoogle #FairSoftware

As much as I agree that it shouldn't be like this, and despise Google (I use a degoogled ROM), I think it's a good thing people know Fairphone supports it. The Fairphone stands as the best argument that you can have quality phones that are repairable, while not having to become a FOSS purist or similar (even though that would be pretty cool).

Should it be in the marketing? Maybe not. But i think it's good that they support it - at least for the situation we are in right now.

this reminds me of that sticker saying "designed for Microsoft Windows". I'm really thankful for that sticker, as it tells me what NOT to buy…

Back to the FP5: At F-Droid, that would be called an "anti-feature" (at best; we all know it's rather something proprietary which would not enter the catalog).