Post #3782023

2026-07-01 09:37 UTC

@ronfromnl@mastodon.social @waag@waag.social Ironically, Google Pixel is the other major phone with an unlockable bootloader. Also has great hardware security (Titan M2 security processor, MTE), great cameras, and great SoC for the midrange price of the 10a. BTW, if you enable microG's Play Integrity support (which is needed for many apps), you are still having the rowdy guest in your house. microG on /e/OS downloads and runs Google obfuscated DroidGuard blobs in a privileged process. So you might want to disable that.

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@ronfromnl@mastodon.social 2026-07-02 03:26

@danieldk@mastodon.social @waag@waag.social yep but no modular repairability 🌱 and no conflict-free mineral sourcing 🌍 and with a Google branded smartphone I would feel very uncertain for years to come and overall it wouldn't feel right. Your advise is well meant and very useful so thank you. Nothing is perfect of course but I think Fairphone currently has the best cards in terms of privacy, fairness, usability, environment and cost effectiveness 🏆

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@ronfromnl@mastodon.social 2026-07-02 22:44

@danieldk@mastodon.social @waag@waag.social Some were very unfortunate with their FP6 as my (couple months old FP6) has remained fast and smooth in performance and responsiveness and the volume buttons and logic board are also still functioning fine (and i've dropped it a couple of times 😅) You're well informed i must say 🥂 but for now my FP6 hasn' t let me down 👍 I'll keep an eye on the Motorola 😀 thank you 🙏

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