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I replaced my Samsung S24 with a Fairphone 6 running /e/OS and used it as my daily work phone. Here's whether a de-Googled smartphone holds up for professional use.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43965516

It is worth noting that both the hardware and software of Fairphone is heavily dependent on a Chinese company T2Mobile.

For those looking to avoid both US and Chinese companies, then the Jolla phone is the way to go.

  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Are there any downsides to this? There has to be, right.

    SailfishOS userland is proprietary software. AOSP is more open than SailfishOS. The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.

    Upside of SailfishOS: There is a decent chance that the upcoming Linux ARM version of Steam + Proton will run directly on that device.

    • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      SailfishOS userland is proprietary software

      I don’t see it really as a downside compared to Android, since no OEM is running clean AOSP.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I don’t see it really as a downside compared to Android, since no OEM is running clean AOSP.

        This article is about Fairphone with /e/OS, not some other OEM with a proprietary Android variant.

        • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Then you are off-topic as well.
          /e/OS is based on LineageOS. AOSP alone has very little “userland” still actively maintained.

          • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            Then you are off-topic as well.

            No. Pelespirit asked about Jolla which is mentioned in the article posts’s text body. I gave context for Jolla’s Android compatibility. It’s 100% on topic.

            /e/OS is based on LineageOS.

            And: “The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.”