I'm thinking that my next cellphone might be a Fairphone. I've generally tried to shop wisely for phones, and mostly I've been quite successful. They generally last me at least five years each, often a year or two longer.

I go with as close to vanilla Android as much as possible, with high RAM and good specs - never top-tier phones, but solid mid-range phones. I don't buy from Samsung, because I have no interest in having crapware foisted on me or helping a corporation violate my privacy.

My current phone is a OnePlus 6T, which is still running solidly after nearly seven years. But Carl Pei left OnePlus some time ago, and OnePlus has apparently gone downhill as a result.

The Fairphone sounds appealing, but I'm concerned that I might have to switch carriers. Meanwhile my son is pulling for a Pixel; I'd rather avoid doing business directly with Google because they're so fucking evil.

So...suggestions? Thoughts?

Thanks!

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👉 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2995
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Many institutions are committed to #sustainability.
For this reason alone, #digitalsovereignty should be important to them.

Two years ago, scientists from @JLBe and its network published a study on the sustainable use of #smartphones.
👉 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2995
It showed that typical #socialmedia apps such as #Instagram, #TikTok, #YouTube, etc. on #cellphones conflict with a number of sustainability goals.
Among other things, they cause high #energy consumption, which is not incurred directly on the smartphone, but in #datacenters and transmission networks. A large proportion of the #electricity consumption is due to the fact that these apps do not respect #privacy and data protection, but instead spy on users.

The use of #Mastodon and other #Fediverse services is more sustainable because much less data is exchanged between users' smartphones and the service instances.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/georgia-ag-leads-23-state-push-to-block-contraband-cell-phones-in-prisons/

Latest push to jam cellphones in prisons nationwide.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/georgia-ag-leads-23-state-push-to-block-contraband-cell-phones-in-prisons/