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It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.

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[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I would think they'd do a phone first given the market for phones is way bigger.

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t that basically what Fairphone is?

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's very similar but with a different philosophy. Fairphone is about sustainability and being ethical. Framework is about repairability and upgradability(which the fairphone isn't).

[–] commandar@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sustainability is a large part of Framework's mission as well. The CEO has explicitly said that one of their goals is that none of their laptops should end up in a landfill.

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely true. There's definitely a lot of overlap but, my point was that Fairphone specialized in making "ethical" electronics beyond just being repairable in a way afaik Framework does not. And I'm assuming that a Framework phone would be upgradable and the Fairphone is not.

People looking to buy one would also look to at the other as an alternative though.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

There's room for an American ethical phone maker. There's room for far more than two such companies in the world

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

FairPhone is definitely about repairability. But yes, I keep waiting for a FairPhone that isn't a total redesign from the previous so we can finally get yearly upgrades without needing a new phone. But the truth is, before the FP4 the design was still catching up to the competition.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

In my opinion Fairphone makes dodgy decisions, like removing a headphone jack and supplementing that with their own Fairbuds