It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.

It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.

  • David_Eight@lemmy.world
    12·
    6 months ago

    It’s very similar but with a different philosophy. Fairphone is about sustainability and being ethical. Framework is about repairability and upgradability(which the fairphone isn’t).

    • commandar@kbin.social
      6·
      6 months ago

      Sustainability is a large part of Framework’s mission as well. The CEO has explicitly said that one of their goals is that none of their laptops should end up in a landfill.

      • David_Eight@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        That’s definitely true. There’s definitely a lot of overlap but, my point was that Fairphone specialized in making “ethical” electronics beyond just being repairable in a way afaik Framework does not. And I’m assuming that a Framework phone would be upgradable and the Fairphone is not.

        People looking to buy one would also look to at the other as an alternative though.

        • psud@aussie.zone
          1·
          6 months ago

          There’s room for an American ethical phone maker. There’s room for far more than two such companies in the world

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      6 months ago

      FairPhone is definitely about repairability. But yes, I keep waiting for a FairPhone that isn’t a total redesign from the previous so we can finally get yearly upgrades without needing a new phone. But the truth is, before the FP4 the design was still catching up to the competition.