• Safeguard@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I pre-ordered already.

    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)

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      1 year ago

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

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        1 year ago

        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.

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          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.

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        1 year ago

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