Im considering buying a new phone and i don’t really consider a Pixel. I really like Fairphones approach, with the self repairable stuff. Even though they don‘t have a headphone jack. But well… I can’t change it. I’ll definitely go with the adapter over wireless headphones.

But to my question: What private OSes are there? Fairphone sells FP4s with eOS, how is that? And does it work on the FP5? GrapheneOS only works on Google Pixels right?

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        Well, whether anything is problematic or not is highly subjective.

        Do you consider no headphone jack to be problematic? Or that some think it was done intentionally to push their wireless headphones?

        What about the use of slave labor? After realizing it was impossible to get away from that, they tweaked their slogan from a fair phone to a “fairer” phone.

        How about the high price and little demand?

        See what I mean? One person’s problem is not everyone’s.

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          I do consider the missing headphone jack a problem, but are other brands better? I did not research any of this, bit don‘t other brands do the same. Considering this, I think Fairphone is one of the better phone producers. Im not saying they are the best or that they do nothing wrong. And please correct me if I’m wrong, I think the high prices come from the higher loans and better quality materials than other brands.