Here you are. Forum topic:
Does anyone know why this is necessary? Couldn’t they just raise the price if it has become uneconomic to sell bottom modules? Or if they really don’t want to produce bottom modules they could maybe give the blueprints to the public domain so someone else could produce bottom modules.
Some blogs covering how difficult it is to keep up the supply chain (for other modules, but the essence is the same; the official information regarding bottom modules was only sent out to customers via e-mail):
Fairphone 2 camera module out of stock - Fairphone, How we are fixing the spare parts supply chain so you can repair your Fairphone - Fairphone, A closer look at the spare parts supply chain - Fairphone, Supply chain stories: What happened with our phone displays - Fairphone