Ok, the FP2 cannot cope with Android higher than 10, but it could be upcycled with Free SW. I think that it would be very nice that the FP 2 upcycling is a case for this initiative. Just throwing the idea: Upcycling Android - FSFE
Do you have a source for this statement? Fairphone has announced an update to Android 10 for next year, true, but that doesn’t mean that there is a limitation to this.
Nevertheless I agree that especially Non-Fairphones with only short software support can leverage custom ROMs to extend their lifetime while with Fairphone you already get as much as you can in terms of security updates.
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Well, deduced from the fact that FP2 is not in the beta testing of Android 11, which is being done only for the FP3, AFAIK: Android 10 is coming to the six-year-old Fairphone 2 - The Verge
It’s not Google-certified, but there is a custom ROM that has already brought Android 11 to the FP2:
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It’s logical that it isn’t in the testing program for Android 11 because they’re currently working on Android 10 and have not reached 11 (if they plan to do so). 
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I am using /e/ R, which is 11 
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