Dutch university to start handing out only Fairphones to employees, instead of buying iPhones or Samsung.

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@BuyFromEU way to go!

@BuyFromEU Amazing news

@BuyFromEU Awesome, for (semi-)public expenses, factor in public values!

@BuyFromEU I wish they supported GrapheneOS

@BuyFromEU Now we need some Linux phones en mass, and it's done ✅

@BuyFromEU Amazing!

@BuyFromEU I want fairphones (and other options like it) in Canada very much. I looked into it before I decided to simply install @GrapheneOS on my Pixel, for now, as a compromise.

@BuyFromEU @wsslmn as you can repair a Fairphone very easy yourself, the total cost of ownership ia very reasonable. Especially for companies that can make a big difference when they can repair 'in-house'.

... And repairing 'in-house' can keep the phone operational longer.

@vosje62 @BuyFromEU I agree.

*sent from my Fairphone

@wsslmn @vosje62 @BuyFromEU It’s a good idea, but it depends on what you need your smartphone for. If you use a significant number of apps only available currently for Android or iPhone, it could become a lot more difficult to migrate. Certain apps (Tahoma etc.) should be made available also for alternative smartphones like #fairphone Jolla etc.

@Fietsbel my Fairphone runs normal Android.
But an important reason to buy is to be able to switch to e/os later.😉
An alternative os was on my old phone not possible.

The apps I need seems to work on e/os. Didn't come to switching to e/os yet. 😇

@wsslmn @BuyFromEU

@vosje62 @wsslmn @BuyFromEU But Android belongs to Google. I don’t want to leave Apple to switch to Google, definitely not. And honestly, I expect to have to solve a lot of unpleasant technical issues, before I’ll be able to migrate, but I hope I can solve them.

@Fietsbel @vosje62 @BuyFromEU e/OS doesn't and also works fine.

@Fietsbel @vosje62 @BuyFromEU I have just accepted that certain apps are not there anymore, and to me that is fine for now.

@BuyFromEU proud Fairphone owner here.

@Fietsbel @vosje62 @wsslmn @BuyFromEU The Android Open Source Project doesn't belong to Google

@wsslmn @Fietsbel @BuyFromEU
Some apps (like smart home applications) drive on data scraping and won't work on an other os by choice.

@vosje62 @Fietsbel @BuyFromEU I don't miss those. All I have for that is Home Assistant to collect data in one spot, and that seems to work fine.

@BuyFromEU
Nice!

...sent from my fairphone!

Btw: there are some other options beside fairphone. With less american big tech than apple

@wsslmn @Fietsbel @BuyFromEU
Home assistant proves that it is not necessary (and not even wanted*) to have the data stored online.

* you want it all to work if the internet is offline... 🥴😇