The Unplanned Obsolescence of the First Fairphone Device « Paul Boddie's Free Software-related blog
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross maillist_arm-netbook@aross.me wrote:
yyeahh.... paul's absolutely right - i was delighted when i first heard of the fairphone... then cringed when i learned it used a mediatek processor. i tried to reach them to warn them but it was by then too late. they didn't ask anyone with any actual knowledge of software, just the questions which they are *used* to asking, such as labour-related ethics of the kinds of "boxed products" that the coop is used to selling.
well... they know now that there are different kinds of ethics! bit of an expensive lesson that...
l.
Having had recent contact with the Fairphone-team on this issue (as a potential customer), they state that above all they are interested in working with the community to get this sorted. Now that they have a dedicated Software Developer in Kees Jongenburger hopefully they'll be able to turn things around for future models. We know the difficulties, but they clearly underestimated the impact of their hardware decision.
Kind regards, Nico Rikken
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Nico Rikken nico@nicorikken.eu wrote:
Having had recent contact with the Fairphone-team on this issue (as a potential customer), they state that above all they are interested in working with the community to get this sorted. Now that they have a dedicated Software Developer in Kees Jongenburger hopefully they'll be able to turn things around for future models.
great. are you in touch with him, i'd like to get in touch with them.
We know the difficulties, but they clearly underestimated the impact of their hardware decision.
yeah :)
On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 08:37 +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Nico Rikken nico@nicorikken.eu wrote:
Having had recent contact with the Fairphone-team on this issue (as a potential customer), they state that above all they are interested in working with the community to get this sorted. Now that they have a dedicated Software Developer in Kees Jongenburger hopefully they'll be able to turn things around for future models.
great. are you in touch with him, i'd like to get in touch with them.
I've had minor email contact with Joe Mier after the recent blog-post, but both Communications Manager Joe Mier and Software Developer Kees Jongenburger can be contacted like joe [at] fairphone.com.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Nico Rikken nico@nicorikken.eu wrote:
On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 08:37 +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Nico Rikken nico@nicorikken.eu wrote:
Having had recent contact with the Fairphone-team on this issue (as a potential customer), they state that above all they are interested in working with the community to get this sorted. Now that they have a dedicated Software Developer in Kees Jongenburger hopefully they'll be able to turn things around for future models.
great. are you in touch with him, i'd like to get in touch with them.
I've had minor email contact with Joe Mier after the recent blog-post, but both Communications Manager Joe Mier and Software Developer Kees Jongenburger can be contacted like joe [at] fairphone.com.
star.
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