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Without support of alternative OS Fairphone is basically a landfill. Why would anyone buy this apart from novelty factor.

• armadyl 14d ago
  Supporting an alternative OS wouldn’t change the fate of Fairphone, imo. Most people don’t care to move away from the stock version of Android that comes with their phone or iOS.
  • microtonal 14d ago
    This isn't a hypothetical, Fairphone supports alternative OSes. Heck, you can even buy it with /e/OS in their store: https://www.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6-plus-e-operating-system https://www.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6-plus-e-operati...
    • armadyl 14d ago
      tbf that was just more so me insulting fairphone and kinda unnecessary from me
    • varispeed 14d ago
      Can I flash my own?
      • fsflover 14d ago
        Yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49667725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49667725
• chaosharmonic 14d ago
  I mean, aside from /e/OS as a first-party option, there are also official Lineage builds[1]. And they're at least a target for PostmarketOS[2], even if that wiki doesn't actually describe something daily-driveable yet. [1] https://forum.fairphone.com/t/official-lineageos-23-for-the-fairphone-gen-6/132450 https://forum.fairphone.com/t/official-lineageos-23-for-the-... [2] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairp...