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The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by TheLugal to c/technology
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Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

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[–] TheGrandNagus 58 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's because they try to ethically source as much of the phone as possible, and go out of their way to pay fair wages and ensure no forced labour is used in the supply chain.

Unfortunately that adds significant cost.

[–] raspberriesareyummy 62 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately that adds significant cost.

That's not unfortunate, that's logical. Unfortunately, other companies are allowed to exploit humans and the environment for more profit despite lower prices.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's amazing when you realize that modern civilization as we know it depends on numerous layers of slavery, child labor, and general worker exploitation.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Also don’t forget the “externalized” costs of massive and irreversible environmental damage!

[–] raspberriesareyummy 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah I feel all it takes is 5% of mankind to have evil / selfish intentions, to corrupt the system

[–] TheGrandNagus 5 points 9 months ago

Well yeah, I mean unfortunate as in it's unfortunate it makes it a harder buy. I'm not pissed off that it's more ethically produced.

[–] cashews_best_nut 12 points 9 months ago

They only harvest from sustainable phone forests. 👍