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

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          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).

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            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.

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              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.

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            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.

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

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        They announced a partnership with Cooler Master, which to me suggests that that is not the case.