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Fairphone Is Finally Selling Its Repairable Phone in the US (www.wired.com)
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[โ€“] TheMightyCat@ani.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is the bootloader on the US version not unlockable? If so you can put whatever OS you want on it.

[โ€“] jumperalex@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yes you can put whatever COMPATIBLE OS you want on it. Sadly GrapheneOS isn't one of them. But again, you're not wrong. I was just highlighting what I found about the options and their trade-offs.