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In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

  • gigachad@feddit.deEnglish
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    7 months ago

    That’s true. I use LineageOS to get at least OS updates, but firmware is definitely problematic. I just wished mobile hardware would be more generic like in Desktop PCs, that would solve a lot of problems.

    • __ghost__@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Let’s go back to thicc boi phones like the 80s and we could have some pretty sick homebrew options

      Or hell, why not a modern bucket phone? Build it out in a box with a Bluetooth headset and 3.5mm passthrough

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      We need a phone equivalent of the 80’s BIOS wars.

      But it’s not in anyone’s best interest to spend the resources to develop a standardized hardware interface. Though at this point you’d think it would be straightforward to use UEFI.