@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1536arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1510arrow-down1external-linkA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square179fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@phoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-8•2 years agoI would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
minus-square@randy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoFairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
minus-square@CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoFairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice. See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
minus-square@Sharan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoFairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.
I would consider these if they weren’t still using Android. Anything with Google involved is unacceptable to me.
Fairphone is well supported by open-source Android distributions like Lineage and /e/OS. Not all Android is involved with Google.
Fairphone allows you to unlock the bootloader and install an OS of your choice.
See https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979154556817-Google-free-Android
Fairphone is also pretty expensive to standards in my country as well. Although, a great concept.