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How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS
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@Opolork Highly depends on the people willing to do the work. I don't think Fairphone has direct influence on the port. FP5 took quite a time compared to the FP4 so I wouldn't expect anything faster or better especially since FP6 has no display out which might deter some people to work on it.
Hopefully, I'm wrong though and we get it soon although personally I wouldn't be getting it
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https://forums.ubports.com/topic/11097/fairphone-gen-6-is-there/5?_=1759480614273@kugiigi said in How long will it be before the Fairphone 6 will be supported as well as the Fairphone 5 is currently supported?:
although personally I wouldn't be getting it
Me neither.
I may get a second FP5 before end of sale by FairPhone.
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The general consensus in Linux phone circles seems to be that the FP6 is a downgrade over the FP5.
Besides the already mentioned lack of USB3 and display out, they also completely mis-designed the battery, meaning that there will likely never be any 3rd party replacement batteries for it. Combine that with what appears to be financial problems of the Fairphone company, and their 10 year support promise seems increasingly dubious.
Small rant: The FP6 should have been a user replaceable mainboard etc. upgrade for the FP5 casing. Them constantly redesigning their entire phones is a waste of money and directly contradicts their mission statement to reduce e-waste.
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@poVoq said in How long will it be before the Fairphone 6 will be supported as well as the Fairphone 5 is currently supported?:
Combine that with what appears to be financial problems of the Fairphone company
Didn't hear about that.
Do you have sources ?
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@Keneda https://forum.fairphone.com/t/is-fairphone-b-v-struggling/117307/41
They made a big loss in 2023, a small profit in 2024 and are projecting a loss again for 2025. The thread also has some other details and a lot of speculation.
I am not saying that they will go bust tomorrow, but I think they need to reevaluate their strategy.
Personally I think they could learn a bit from how Framework does it and lean into repairability and upgradability.
