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I'm thinking of getting a fairphone in the future. I like that they are modular and last a while. Are they easily customizable to where I can flash a different ROM? Is the default configuration private?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

not to rain on your parade, but F5 is a downgrade from 7a in practically every aspect.

I'm aware of the glued shut aspect and there are solutions for that nowadays. getting a SDM870 and better SoC for under $100 with tons of RAM and storage, for me is more than a worthwhile trade off.

on the other hand, it's perfectly understandable if you don't want to dick around with all that and/or want to support Fairphone's mission.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Hopefully his 7a doesn't die tomorrow, and by then Fairphone has managed to put out Something that's at least reasonably better than 7a.

When I bought my Fairphone, I was simply too fed up with working around the intentional shittiness of the other companies.

I prefer to deal with some technical limitations, than have to deal with intentional ones.

I use Arch BTW.