We need to talk about Fairphone / criticism towards fair products. [Rant]
Yo, here's my disorganized rant on why I don't get the issue people have with Fairphone or fair hardware in general, as in:
1. It is expensive. People can afford it.
2. For the same price you get a better Samsung / xyz phone, bla bla bla
3. If I can afford such a pricey phone, I can afford something "better".
1. Uhm, yes, cause it's fair-made - like that's the whole point? Of course it is more expensive than your average child-labor hard-labor phone, no shit sherlock!
2. Do you though? Like how is "that other phone" better exactly. It's not more ethical, and the camera specs, which is like the one point where people get all railed up about as if the Fairphone had some horrible bad camera... but uhm, in that aspect it's not like the difference is relevant to the average user. The camera is actually very good in the latest fair phones, and more than sufficient! So all that remains is a weird "who has the better hardware" challenge, but done by usually total noobs that don't even have any application for that hardware that would allow them to distinguish between what "good" and "bad" actually means. So, just no.
3. No you can't. Because (a) an ethical buy is always better. And (b) if you just want to spend money on a good phone specs-wise, you can buy a refurbished one as "the right thing to do" minimum. Like if you have the means but you still prefer an ethically questionable product, that makes you ethically questionable. And that is nothing to be proud of. I believe that EVERYONE who can afford a fair option SHOULD get that fair option.
How is that even a debate? If you can afford something that is better for the planet or the people or both, you gotta buy it and not the shittier option. It really is that simple.
And don't you "but most people aren't educated on fair products" me. How are they not? They're educated on sports, on hobbies, on where to buy junk food. They are educated on everything they want to be educated on. Either you care about the planet we live on and the people we share it with or you don't, which then efficiently makes you a dork. And if you care, you do your own research. You can't wiggle yourself out of it by using comfort arguments like "I don't have time". There are people with 4 kids and a full-time job that still find the time to educate themselves on things they care about, are they some sort of anomaly then? You can get your ass of your couch, switch of that TV and start caring. Because if we all do, we will make a change.
Rather than picking on great, yet of course not perfect initiatives like Fairphone and other fair companies / products, we should work together, making the whole tech industry more responsible. And that can only happen with less bickering and more demand for ethically well-made products. And yes, that one specification has to come before the other ones.
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If you need to convince yourself or others that Apple is crap:
• Why you should not buy Apple products.
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