Ok, so honesty time: The fact that this company is good for the environment, pays people well, etc.. is NOT my main "thing" for wanting to own this phone.

It's the fact that it is open. I can unlock and flash whatever I want, I can fix things by ordering replacement parts, a new screen is TOTALLY do-able both price wise and doing it myself.

Also it does not come with bloat, or vendor-lock in software like on ALL samsung shitty phones.

Out of all the phones, this one makes the most sense.

(And my current FP4 goes to my mother, perfect for her and many more years of support)

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What OSes support the fairphone? I'd consider one if I could run something other than android on it

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice, I still had this in my browsing-history: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/operating-systems-for-fairphones/11425

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

That's quite a list. Nice.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

What are you currently running? Just curious what non-android and non-ios is working well for you.

[–] 1984@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I see Google Drive, Gmail, Google Messages on screenshots so it does come with bloatware.

[–] Oinks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

While unfortunate, not shipping these standard Google apps is not really an option for any Android manufacturer due to Google requirements. Including them is required if you want to use anything from the GSM, which includes things like the Play Store and everything it touches. You can technically ship a different Android distribution like Lineage or /e/, but that's not really what most people will be expecting of an "Android" phone and will narrow the viable target demographic even more than the value proposition already does.

[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

That's correct, and people who want a fully degoogled OS usually know how to install it, people who expect to see the Play Store and other Google apps are less likely to know how to install that.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

Easily removed, though. The great thing about Fairphones is, like Pixels, they have loads of deGoogled OS support.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

As a side note, Google Messages replaced the recently discontinued AOSP SMS messaging app