Comment on The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.

• stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Can you explain?

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  • NotForYourStereo@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Every other version of Android gets security updates out within a couple weeks of release at most.

    /e/OS users are lucky if they get them within a couple months.

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    • sudneo@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No offense, but that’s not what a security dumpster fire is. Security updates are important, of course, but they are also not the biggest deal.

      In fact, I bet that the vast majority of users (on Android or otherwise) are lagging way behind in updates anyway.

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      • NotForYourStereo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        So an OS that boasts about the “privacy” it offers… Doesn’t need routine and consistent security updates?

        Sure thing bud, keep going on like you know what you’re talking about.

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      • TacticalCheddar@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That is not the only issue, it’s just one of the more major ones that shouldn’t be dismissed like it’s nothing. Another major one is the unlocked bootloader. You can take a look at all the Android ROMS here.

        I think people should treat carefully when changing the OS of a mobile device. Changing your OS to something less secure just becauseyou want to shove it to Google and Apple is not enough to warrant it. Better to stay with something safe that you know than with something insecure like /e/OS.

        Luckily we have Graphene so you can actually switch to a more secure and private OS that is not made by an American corporation hungry for data.

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      • lostbit@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        good on you for asking the question. OP does not know what he is talking about

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    • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks for the answer. How does it compare against other Android forks in terms of security update speed?

      Also, isn’t Fairphone once also criticised for falling behind on Android security updates or was I misremembering this?

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      • NotForYourStereo@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s literally the worst..

        Also correct.

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