It’s called feel-good marketing. Similar to organic veggies or ethical coffee from Starbucks.
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noodlejetski@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoOverpriced.
their entire premise is making sure that people on the supply chain of their device are compensated adequately (hence the “Fair” in the name), which is why their products are more expensive than you’re used to.
UckyBon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I don’t know about Starbucks or Big Organic Veggie, but Fairphone publishes annual reports on sustainability and life quality of their workers.
UckyBon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Of course, that’s part of the marketing idea. Starbucks (and many others with feel-good marketing) did the exact same, until it leaks that it wasn’t quite the truth.
It’s not for nothing that Fairphone is guilt-tripping in rich countries ;) But still exploiting poor countries.
And downvote me what you want. It doesn’t make you immune for cheap marketing tricks. People with a Fairphone are the same kind of people who brag about how their cup of Starbucks saved a life, stepped right into the trickery.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nooooo! You can pry my cheap tat produced by child labour from my cold dead hands!