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Is the fairphone really worth it? (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by dontblink@feddit.it to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The new fairphone 5 came out, it looks cool but the price is really, really high..

If it's a phone that can really last 10 years it could be good, but is that true? Is it worth it? I could get the one with /e/os from Murena because i want a degoogled phone with a bootloader locked, but is it usable on a daily basis?

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[–] Kimusan@feddit.dk 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

From a privacy perspective: no

From a fairness and repairability perspective: yes

[–] StickBugged@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Why is it bad from a privacy perspective?

[–] JVT038@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The default Fairphone OS has Google and a bunch of other trackers.

For a good privacy friendly Fairphone, you should get the Murena Fairphone (they preinstalled DeGoogled /e/OS)

[–] zorbse@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So not really worse than any other Android phones

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

No worse, and with the benefits of a re-lockable bootloader and widespread custom OS support.

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