@paula @PaulaToThePeople @AustrianFairphoners
Meine persönliche #Fairphone Geschichte:

Als die Zeit begann, dass Akkus bei Handys nicht mehr getauscht werden konnten, erstellte ich mir einen Suchagent auf #willhaben auf der Suche nach einem #Fairphone

Da mein damaliges #Motorola dank @e_mydata noch funktionierte, war der Druck nicht so groß und es blieb Zeit auf ein Schnäppchen zu warten. Kam dann auch so, es wurde ein #FP2
Einige Monate alles super, auch wieder dank @e_mydata
Irgwann gab es dann aber seinen Geist auf, ich hatte das geschrottet, was nicht ersetzbar war, damit war es das erstmal. Back to #Motorola und #Willhaben Suchagent, diesmal mit Fokus auf #FP3

Nach einiger Zeit tauchte wieder ein Schnäppchen auf, und seitdem bin ich stolzer #Poweruser eines #FP3

Da ich für meine Eltern den Einkauf von Handys übernehmen darf, ist meine Mama jetzt auch stolze Besitzerin eines #FP4

Solange die Updtes von @murena für mein #FP3 weiterhin kommen, wird das auch noch länger mein #Fairphone bleiben

@paula @PaulaToThePeople @AustrianFairphoners
(1/X) From 2014 to 2016 I was on an Apple hype. I had an iPhone, iPad and MacBook.
This was when I started studying computer science and I got really introduced to computing everywhere.

Back then I had an LG Android phone running Android Gingerbread.

I bought a MacBook Pro in January of 2014, this was my first Apple Product.
In Summer, during my first visit to the USA I bought an used iPhone 5S. Had a mixed experience. It broke twice in warrant

@paula @PaulaToThePeople @AustrianFairphoners

I've had a Fairphone since 2019, when I bought my FP3.

I mostly bought it because the Nokia smartphone that I'd got from my mobile provider and had expected to be sturdy turned out to have an insoluble fault with its USB-C port and, despite two factory repairs, became unusable within a year.

I'm used to repairing even supposedly unrepairable phones, but the integration of the port onto the mainboard made that impossible.

I already know of and appreciated Fairphone's ethics and openness, but it was the ability to repair that finally pushed me into buying the device outright.

Since then, it's been through a complete dismantling to dry after falling in the bath (it was fine) and is shortly to get a camera upgrade

I also bought two replacement batteries over the years, but sometimes end up fully charging and using a couple over the course of a long day without access to power (it's not recommended due to interfering with intelligence charge management but works fine).

Battery life is very much the weak point of the device (the way I use it, at any rate), but this approach means that it's not any kind of actual problem.

I also love being able to pop the battery for privacy reasons, as it renders remote activation or tracking impossible.

gestures towards recent French government telecommunications and data interception policies

I plan to eventually install /e/ on it, but my kid currently insists that I stick with Android for a couple of Play Store apps.

‌@paula Wow, that's cool! And exactly how it should be! Communities need to keep an eye out for each other.

@PaulaToThePeople @AustrianFairphoners

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Oh, great to see a #Fairphone instance joining the Fediverse 👋

My journey, huh?
My very first smartphone was a #FirefoxOS (Alcatel OneTouch Fire).
I still have it! It served me well.

Then, Mozilla killed it. I would still be able to use it, but without support, that could be risky in the long run.

So what else could I use?
I didn't want to have an iPhone, Android or Windows Phone, since I don't trust these companies.

1/n

@paula @PaulaToThePeople @AustrianFairphoners

I have FP4 with Murena and am happy with it. I have been a Linux user for some time and wanted more control over my phone and data. I was also looking for a more sustainable option.

@murena

@paula @PaulaToThePeople @AustrianFairphoners

I'm writing this on my second #fairphone 3+.

I got my first fairphone when I ran out of options with #secondhand phones.

Our household is very much into #reuse. Buying a new phone means a second hand or #refurbished one. I have a phone with a broken screen that I use as a bluetooth gateway for sensors at our house.

Once a phone fell out of my pocket as I was running, and I stepped on it with full force. I had to look for a replacement. I selected a model specifically because it was listed as supported by whatever the alternative operating system of choice was at the time, and by the time I got it, it had been removed as supported, and it really didn't work. I didn't know which information to trust about the older phones, so I decided to do something shocking and buy a new phone. And the only one that seemed reasonably okay was a fairphone. 😀

A year later I accidentally drowned it in a public swimming pool. Fairphones are reasonably repairable, I went to a fairphone specialist in Vienna, but when the main board is corroded from chlorinated water, it's game over. Before I could decide what to do, someone gifted me a new phone, exactly the same one as before. I accepted the gift, and that's the story!