Idk, I still see 256GB Emtec ones for 10€ in my local supermarket.

That a shitty analogy… But a good one.

You are right. But I didn’t mean that as “doing one thing well”, but rather “focussing on a long term objective”.

So do I.

But if I have to defend my country (or the EU), I’ll make sure to remind the Russian why during WW2 most of the Nazi soldiers where more afraid of the French than the US army 😈.

Depends on the juridictions. Some countries make pedaling mandatory (mine does), other don’t.

Wouldn’t say GOAT, but I sure try to do my work the best I can.

France has a lot of spy satellites. Part of why they didn’t follow the US in Irak.

I think there is multiple factors here.

First, Europe wasn’t a major weapon producer, and ramping up production takes time. You have to recruit people, teach them, and buy heavy machinery, which also take time to produce.

Secondly, Europe isn’t as unified as the US. It formed around the idea of preventing future wars, and on that aspect it worked spectacularly well. There was no war between EU countries since WW2. But cultural differences are still there, and its institutions require a consensus, not a majority. So it is hard to take immediate decision. Ironically, USA withdrawal is what made the consensus easier to reach, because major countries that were reticent became aware that they had to act now or fold to Putin.

Unfortunately one of the advantages of dictatures is that it move fast in one direction. The main problem being if the leader is intelligent enough to chose the right direction, which they rarely do.

On the other hand, democracies moves slowly, but the damages done by bad leaders are often counterbalanced by the good made by better leaders.

Hey there Road_Warrior_10, good luck with your new game.

I did, I use Lawnchair.

Which is alright. It’s their project after all. I find myself very happy from my Murena Fairphone (except the launcher, which I hate), so I’ll probably be a good Fairphone/Murena client for the years to come.

That’s fair. We all have our needs, and I find mine in Fairphone + e/OS, which is nice. And when I upgrade, I get to give my parents an almost new, still supported phone, which is nice.

Low-range, yes. Mid-range, no. As soon as you get de decent quality camera, given you know how to use it, you’ll always get better result than smartphones.

I’m not that much into photos, so I can’t really judge. In my book, it is OK.

If you want to get good pictures, nothing will ever beat a dedicated camera, even a mid-range one is way better than a smartphone, even an high-end one, due to the size limitations.

Some of those requirements are really hard to get for non-Google devices. EOM don’t get updates as early as Google engineers gets. It takes time to validate everything, especially since their don’t control their own hardware.

Those requirements are more a way to not appear like dicks by telling that they’ll only supports Pixels.

With unofficial parts you can get anything, from very good parts to outright dangerous ones (especially batteries).

The problem with IPhone is their association system (which is illegal in the EU BTW). Understandable with those dangerous part on the market, but far too overcharging. They could just warn you during boot or something like that.

As for the software wall, it is where Fairphones shines. Even when the official support ends, the custom ROMs keeps updating for a while. IPhones are great on that aspect too, Samsungs are OK, but can’t say for other brands.

The choice of only supporting Pixels comes from GrapheneOS’s side, not Fairphone. Fairphone got some great ROMs support, and even have an official partnership with one of them (e/OS).

First party spare parts or third party sketchy spare parts?

Spare part availability comes partly from the popularity of a phone, and iPhones were pretty popular.
Fairphone is just starting to get some steam, so third party spare part may start appearing in the future. same for used parts.

Fairphones got a lot better lately. I got both the 4, 5, and now gen 6, and the latest one feels like a good phone, unless the FP4 which is a brick in comparison. Still lacks several Flagship feature (wireless charging, amongs other), but as a mid-range phone it is quite good.

And the repeatability is great. I repaired my FP4 once (usb-c port), and it was easy as heck.