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In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

  • puppy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    My guess for the real reason is that they buy off-the-shelf components from suppliers and don’t have enough money to design and order a custom motherboard with a headphone jack.

    • KptnAutismus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      1 year ago

      they designed the whole thing themselves. that’s why the schematics are publicly available. they definetely made a choice to fuck over users.