Jan Penfrat

After 5 years of faithful service, my #refurbished #Samsung Galaxy S9 has died.

It's been replaced with a beautiful green @Fairphone 6 which I instantly fell in love with.

What's more: for the first time, I experienced the power of the #DigitalMarketAct:

#Fairphone6 #RightToRepair #DMA #competition

Dec 2 at 7:34pmWeb
Show threadJan PenfratDec 2

My goal is to use the #Fairphone6 for 10 years or longer.

Starting with @murena's fantastic /e/OS #Android, replacing it later with @ubports's mobile Linux when that becomes available for the device.

I cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the people working on those free and open source projects that make the world a better place by defending our #DigitalRights. 💪 

Show threadJan PenfratDec 4

Oh well, looks like I will have to wait for another month before I can actually start using my brand new @Fairphone 6 because it currently runs #Android Stock ROM with security updates of November 5th.

I want to install @murena's /e/OS, which currently says it has security updates of November 1st built in, and the #Fairphone's Rollback Protection would apparently brick the phone if I tried to install an OS with an earlier security date. 😭

Show threadThomasDec 4

@ilumium @Fairphone @murena

Can confirm.
Happened to me with my FP5. The brick state is not definitive, you can roll it back yourself, but the security update version is indeed important.

Show threadVivien 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 4
@ilumium @Fairphone @murena ouff good catch! I might have missed that
Show threadWeAreFairphoneDec 4
@ilumium @murena 's plan is to include the December SPL in an update next week: https://community.e.foundation/t/feedback-for-v3-3/77804/4?u=urs_lesse
Feedback for v3.3

Yes. We are moving the release to next week to include the December security patches.

/e/OS community
Show threadJan PenfratDec 4
@WeAreFairphone Oh thank you so much for the info, this is great news!
Show threadStrange QuarkDec 2

@ilumium I got 8 years out of my Fairphone 2 then skipped 4 generations to the Murena Fairphone 6, which I am loving.

Favourite feature: Privacy Wall of Shame in the Advanced Privacy Manager

@murena @ubports

Show threadrdisDec 3
@ilumium @murena @ubports who understands what will happen with linux mobile operating systems like ubports, if one won't be able to use internet without #ageverification app https://youtube.com/watch?v=1tDU9dUXBA0 tied to android or iOS, as apps will be issued by member states as I understood it so far https://ageverification.dev/, so who will issue an app for linux OSes?
Blueprint for an age verification solution to help protect minors online

YouTube
Show thread🌈 Lascapi ⁂Dec 4
@rdis @ilumium @murena @ubports that a very good question! And one of the big fight against this proposition.
Show threadveroandi_brDec 2

@ilumium

My S9 is also five years old. 😕 I hope it won't die now. I love its camera. How does the camera on the Fairphone compare to it?

Show threadJan PenfratDec 3
@veroandi To be honest, I haven't been able to test it much yet but the first portraits looked good. Not comparable to what my Sony a6700 with a G lens produces of course but usable. ;)