I am not related in any way with the company, and I am looking forward to it: the phone promises to be a good e-ink smartphone, with huge focus around conscious usage.

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    2 days ago

    Good to hear that at least it’s assembled in Europe.

    The “Fairphone” (as far as I can tell) is completely made in China, where an ever more autocratic regime jails workers who try to organize independent unions to protect workers’ rights.

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        2 days ago

        It seems they did think carefully about which supplier they chose.

        But at the end of the day, any niceness on the part of the company is completely dependent on the whims of management and the much-less developed labour laws in place, as labour is not allowed to organize to defend its own interests.

        One of my clients is an HR director at an electronics manufacturer in China, and from talking regularly with her, even when management are inclined to be nice to workers, there are so many things that would simply never be allowed in Europe which are daily practice in China.