ThibApr 19, 2024

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.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63245150

E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022

Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

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@thibaultamartin If they weren't locked down with firmware and driver binary blobs, locked bootloaders and depending on Google Services that much it would be easier.
We need regulations that force vendors to open up code and devices for better maintainability. Especially at the end of the devices life.
More open source and standardisation will be a big step towards this.
Apr 20, 2024 at 8:24amWeb