There’s been a lot of buzz here about the Fairphone here lately, especially with it coming to the US.
On paper, it seems rather nice. Ethically sourced, privacy friendly stock ROM.
But the skeptic in me does say, “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.”
What are the drawbacks of Fairphone that seem to be shunned away, or less discussed both by the company and community at large? Why shouldn’t I just buy a Pixel 7a and put GrapheneOS on it instead?
Note that this only applies to FP4s bought through Murena. The regular FP4 from Fairphone themselves comes with a stock-ish AOSP with Google apps, not /e/os.
Only Murena currently sells in the U.S. however. I’m pretty sure you could flash the regular FP4 factory images onto one bought through Murena though.