Fairphone teams up with the developer of the /e/ Android fork to enable US sales.

Not much to add. Saw it in another technology forum and thought it also belonged here for the solarpunks

    • everythingsucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      All I’m saying is it takes money to make stuff. A small, niche product is harder to justify unless it’s a hobby.

      • TheSaneWriter@vlemmy.netEnglish
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        1 year ago

        For the companies, it’s usually a case of weighing how much adding the feature will cost vs. how much they’ll expand their market by adding it. For Fairphone, their whole schtick is that their phones are repairable and upgradeable, so in this case it’s that they’ve determined that there’s enough demand in the U.S. market to justify the cost of entry, as they’ve already added the features. In this case, the majority of people will probably not purchase a Fairphone, but that’s not their goal, they occupy a market niche.