Completely mind boggling to me that we threw away 5 billion phones in 2022.
Some of those could have been repurposed: smartphones are hardly innovating any more. The most eco-friendly phone is the one you already have.
We need to publicly support communities like @postmarketOS who work on making these phones repurposable, and @gnome that work on making a polished mobile experience that serves people, not creepy corporations.
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I've been using a second-hand Fairphone3 on e/OS for years (https://e.foundation/e-os/). As a non-techie, it's great!
My personal favourite feature of the OS is that it automatically (with notification/permission) removes permissions from apps if you haven't used them in a while.
A phone that's on my side rather than trying to get me to click "ok" once and suck my data forever. I'm such a fan!
ECOSYSTEMKEY FEATURESGET /E/OSNEED HELP /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, mobile ecosystem /e/OS is an open-source mobile operating system paired with carefully selected applications. They form a privacy-enabled internal system for your smartphone. And it’s not just claims: open-source means auditable privacy. /e/OS has received academic recognition from researchers at…
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