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

    • @David_Eight
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      137 months ago

      I would think they’d do a phone first given the market for phones is way bigger.

      • @CatsGoMOW
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        47 months ago

        Isn’t that basically what Fairphone is?

        • @David_Eight
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          127 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
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            67 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
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              37 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.

          • @[email protected]
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            27 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.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 months ago

          In my opinion Fairphone makes dodgy decisions, like removing a headphone jack and supplementing that with their own Fairbuds