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You’d need signal boosters at regular intervals, which need power… so now you’re running multiple cables.

But you can’t run them too close together as the power will induce noise in the data cable.

And after a long distance even the power needs boosting.

And to protect the cables, you’d need to bury them or put them on poles. Separately.

At a certain point, cable becomes the expensive option…

Ahh, didn’t look into that, I’ll have to check if I can remove some redundant addons.

thanks

Yeah, I’m using Vivaldi too and getting concerned about UBO’s lifespan…

I also have pfBlockerNG running in my firewall, which blocks a load too, but not looking forwards to the future…

Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe

They really tried hard to make an acronym fit…

A bit like SHIELD

Just to chip in, whilst I agree that Fairphone is not a truely interchangable modular phone, it does have the ability for some modules to be replaced.

The Fairphone 3 even had the ability to upgrade with better ones to create the 3+

I don’t think the newer models are doing that though, which is a shame

I know this is a little OT, but I repaired a dead Karcher pressure washer this weekend… a little effort and I’m much more likely to purchase / recommend them in the future.

If the manufacturer’s grip is too tight, I’m going elsewhere - and I’ll be more loyal to them

Just to add to this, the price doesn’t highlight the Total Cost of Ownership well…

My Fairphone 3+ has been getting updates for years and I also bought a replacement battery (at the same time I bought the phone) to ensure that it lasts for many more years to come.

And I’m SIM-Only, so not paying longterm to a phone company

Cost/Lifetime is probably lower than a mainstream phone (I’ll actually do the calculation one day)