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Well I guess at least those of us who have warned about the risks of entrusting your entire digital existence to big American companies can feel less like raving street preachers these days. Not so crazy now to advocate for retaining more control via small, local or federated solutions eh
@sinbad gotta admit the phone situation is the biggest current worry. Dunno how I would disentangle from my iPhone!
@neilhenning @sinbad I abandoned my trusty iPhone 6S for a Fairphone 5 when it launched (in late 2023 I think).
I would prefer an option sized & shaped like my old 3GS, but in absence of that (given how modern smartphone design has converged on a blend of wrong & bad) and on all other parameters I prefer the Fairphone.
If you have questions or concerns at some point, feel free to ping.
@AngryAnt @neilhenning I'm not sure there's much practical difference since the base software is still Google. I do the sensible thing on iOS and have all my own important data storage (files, photos), separate email service, DDG etc, so by the time you’ve done all that all phones are in kinda the same position - base OS stuff that's owned by a big co that you *could* ditch if needed since all your important data is your own but it's just a pain to do so
@AngryAnt @neilhenning the hardware is nice though, user swappable batteries FTW
@sinbad @neilhenning Yea the self-repairability and proven track record of actually supplying those parts as well as software support were primary drivers of my initial interest.
That ofc. results in more heft than directly-soldered + glued designs as a tradeoff to consider. It don't feel that it's heavy in daily use, but certainly when using someone elses phone those are clearly lighter.
@sinbad @neilhenning Ah and the fairtrade aspects were obv. an excellent cherry on top.
@sinbad @neilhenning Whether there's a difference should be a personal evaluation: https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-e-operating-system
Personally I do see a fairly significant difference :)
@AngryAnt @neilhenning ok I didn’t know about the e/os option, that’s much more interesting
@neilhenning @sinbad Unfortunately it was not yet available for the 5 when I bought it so I've been running stock android with as much manual de-googling as possible.
As Steve rightly points out, that's not really a step back or forward vs. iOS on the megacorp parameters, so my TODO of migrating to e/os has been sliding.
Would definitely want to have it pre-installed if purchasing the device today.
@neilhenning @sinbad I haven't tried, so I couldn't say. We run NextCloud on a box at home (with offsite backup) and have auto-upload set up for that. Two iPhones and a Fairphone.
@neilhenning @AngryAnt sadly not automatically but I run a Synology app which when started uploads all new photos to our own storage
@sinbad recently de-googled my fairphone and I must say that/e/os is very capable. It has access to the full play store, so feels like a 1st class citizen. Didn't like their launcher, chose Nova instead.