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What do you think of framework and their methods? (frame.work)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We are not sustainable And neither is any other device maker. This industry is full of "feel good" messaging, but generates 50 million metric tons of e-waste each year. We believe the best way to reduce environmental impact is to create products that last longer, meaning fewer new ones need to be made. Instead of operating on feels, we operate on data and actions. With funding from Intel, we commissioned Fraunhofer IZM to do a detailed life cycle analysis (LCA) on Framework Laptop 13 to help us understand where we are today and where we can continue to improve. Check out our thoughts on reducing environmental impact and download the LCA report here...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My only concern is that they might turn into the next Unfairphone. But for now, I'll remain cautiously optimistic about them.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's wrong with fairphone?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I recall the fairphone 2 being touted as an open platform with support for ubuntu touch, phosh and more. There's not a word of that with the current lineup.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The new one launched with the privacy friendly /e/OS and initial PostmarketOS (Linux) support...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mainline being worked on for FP4: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_4_(fairphone-fp4) along with a UT port https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/fp4

[+] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They still have a SD card reader up to fucking 2TB but got rid of the headphone jack in favor of a little more water proofing, not my favorite decition but certainly not a reason to call the only even remotely fair phone with some actual fair trade and recycled materials and unfair...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree with you but want to highlight Shiftphone as another manufacturer which is prioritizing fair and more environmentally advantageous production.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yea, they are a lot smaller and not that far yet but also a really cool project and definitely worth supporting too! It's not exactly the same kind of device (you do need a certain amount of knowledge to fix stuff) but also very repairable, unlike with the Fairphone I don't know anyone who owns one tho so I can't say that much about it.