I think the idea is that you can make them but the large manufacturers actively choose not to, because being anti-consumer, anti-sustainability, and anti-repair is not a problem in their business model, it’s a core strategy of it.
Well not if larger manufacturers made them I guess? Fairphone just doesn’t get the same prices even from the same vendors, if there’s any that overlap between say them and Samsung.
Because they cannot bulk buy parts and hire engineers like how the larger manufacturers can.
So then… sustainable phones cost more?
It’s a matter of scale…
The why doesn’t someone at scale make sustainable phones?
I think the idea is that you can make them but the large manufacturers actively choose not to, because being anti-consumer, anti-sustainability, and anti-repair is not a problem in their business model, it’s a core strategy of it.
It is a myth that being sustainable is why.
Well not if larger manufacturers made them I guess? Fairphone just doesn’t get the same prices even from the same vendors, if there’s any that overlap between say them and Samsung.