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I'll buy a Fairphone with pretty high probability next time. No more iPhones. On desktop I was always a Windows user, but recently switched to PopOS. I try to
by emaro 5y ago
I'll buy a Fairphone with pretty high probability next time. No more iPhones. On desktop I was always a Windows user, but recently switched to PopOS.
I try to use open source software where possible and after the endless stream of depressing news about working conditions and environmental impact of our juicy tech I'm ready to pay more for less to get (relatively) fair and open hardware too.
Edit: Considering Linux phones like Pinephone or Librem too, but they seem not ready to me yet and they emphasise much more on technical freedom and less on fair production.
- tannhaeuser 5y agoIn pursuit of an acceptable phone, I've eyed the Fairphone with its laudable stance on repairability in the name of eco-friendliness as well. Problem is it comes with Google's spyware (Android), a much bigger threat on privacy than anything Apple does. The solution seems to be to buy eSolutions Fairphone with de-Googled Android. I can live without free GPS navi but I'm wondering what to do about the few cases where you need a "trusted" device (a misnomer if there ever was one), such as banking push TANs or other mobile banking TFA apps, TOTP apps, vaccination pass apps or Covid contact tracing/registration apps (I've managed to evade the latter kind of apps until now).
- danhor 5y agoFor a free GPS navi, OSMand does the job. You'll probably have to give up banking apps, while TOTP, by virtue of being a standard, has plenty of open-source implementations. The contact tracing apps in europe interoperate, you can get the CCTG app from F-Droid and it works on AOSP (also includes vaccination pass storage). There are also others available.