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The Fairphone (Gen. 6)

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155 points DavideNL | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 09:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.238s | source
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roflcopter69 ◴[25 Jun 25 11:11 UTC] No.44375927[source]▶
Is it just me or does the discourse about a product like the Fairphone often feel kind of "culture war"-y? So many times I read comments where people are very upset and offended how a Fairphone costs way too much compared to other smartphones or how it supposedly is completely unusable because one feature does not work the way they expect. It's just strange. If you don't like it, don't buy it, no need to engage. But so many people seem to feel obliged to present their strong dislike for the Fairphone as if it's sole existence attacks them personally.
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1. berkes ◴[25 Jun 25 13:24 UTC] No.44377067[source]▶
I see it as a larger problem in many "ideologically inclined" projects, like Open Source software, fairtrade products, etc.

A large amount of energy is wasted on "infighting" where people spend significant effort on attacking projects that, seen from a distance, are actually allies¹.

Or where people dismiss the entire project because it's not 100 aligned with their view of perfection².

Or, indeed, where people who don't even use or want to use a project, spend significant effort to discredit this project.

¹ an example is the enormous amount of effort and campaigning within the "mastodon" community against projects like bluesky or nostr. But also gnome vs kde, Ubuntu vs Redhat, Etc

² an example is Opensource software being discredited because they use GitHub, or host on AWS. It's Patagonia being discredited because they use plastic. Or Fairtrade coffee being dismissed because it transports coffee with trucks and ships burning oil.