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minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·3 months agoOk this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoAnd then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out. Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoArguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI know, but I’d rather leave them to people who really want them, and support the people working hard to make open source products.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoYou can donate to GrapheneOS and I highly doubt that the hardware of the Fairphone is open e/OS is a joke btw
Ok this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
And then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out.
Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
Arguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
I know, but I’d rather leave them to people who really want them, and support the people working hard to make open source products.
You can donate to GrapheneOS and I highly doubt that the hardware of the Fairphone is open
e/OS is a joke btw