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Comment on Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence

tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Perhaps next year will be the year of the Linux Phone. Alas, the same problems that plague the Linux desktop plug the phone. Lack of software.

It’s also very difficult to move out of the Apple ecosystem once everything just works the way you think it should.

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PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m quite interested in developments on the way to avoid that would allow the use of Android apps on a Linux phone.

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- tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Now that’s an interesting concept.
  
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jacktherippah@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Linux desktop is far more mature and there isn’t even a year for the Linux desktop yet. Linux mobile will probably never take off within our lifetime lmao.

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spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Agreed. I don’t have a home computer. All of my online experience is done through my iPhone. I can’t be messing around with phones I constantly need to tweak or troubleshoot. I’ve done it to myself, but I’m okay with where I’m at rn.

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- Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh yes please stick with Apple. I don’t think I have ever heard of a better use case scenario.
  
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  - spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I can’t tell if you’re being facetious or not.
    
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    TheSun@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Seems like an honest recommendation to me. You fit the apple use case pretty well, so if it works for you, great. I’d argue a stock pixel using stock android would be comparable in terms of not needing to mess with stuff since its a very curated experience, since google then controls the hardware and software, like apple.
    
    The trade off is you’re giving google (or apple) 100% access and control to everything you do on your phone.
    
    With a fairphone or any other android with (e, grapheneOS, calyxOS, lineage, etc) you WILL need to change some settings, maybe play around with it a bit to get it working how you want, but you are the one in control. Its really not that difficult to develop the small amount of technological knowledge needed given the amount of help available online and I’d say its a necessary life skill these days just like learning to use a computer became a necessary life skill.
    
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