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2014-06-12 , 05:28
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Originally Posted by vetsin View Post
I think you should check how negatively conflict minerals are affecting people before posting this kind of comment... I can't see how software can have the same impact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_minerals

There's a mainstream movie about this too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Diamond_%28film%29
I am aware of the issues, yet the OS used in the fairphone has has been notoriously known for inducing a mad hardware upgrade fever cycle.

All devices use the same OS software and try to diversify and "innovate" through small minor hardware upgrades.

You can't blame an N900 or N9 user to be the conflict mineral hog, and imagine if the respective Maemo OS would have seen some more love and support by its creators. Those devices could have had a 10 year life cycle.

Let's not even begin to reason how the OS in the Fairphone negatively affects people through its spy activities.
 

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