In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?
  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    71·
    3 年前

    Fairphone is trying to do good things, but this article misses the point of at least the title.

    Open source drivers for the hardware are the critical key and reducing e-waste. Fair phone just has a slightly larger window than other companies, but they’re still creating e-waste. With open drivers, those devices could last forever, just like 486 linux machines are still on the internet.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 年前

      Yup, and that’s why I’m excited about Linux phones, and disappointed at the same time. They have the hardware features I want, but the software just doesn’t work properly yet.