Another way to think of the Framework fiasco, perhaps:'nI'm not naive.

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

Another way to think of the Framework fiasco, perhaps:

I'm not naive. I don't think that when, say, I bought my XPS 13, Dell didn't send some percentage of that to the Koch brothers or whatever fascist du jour. But I live in a society, and I needed a laptop.

Framework's whole *thing*, their competitive advantage, was being better. For the most part, that came from upholding political values like repairability and OSS, but still.

They just blew up their entire competitive advantage.

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

I don't remember how much I paid for my XPS 13, and the only current models seem to be ARM-based (wild), but a roughly comparable Framework 13 goes for $1580. I would be very surprised if I couldn't get better specs from a competitor for less money.

Framework, presumably, doesn't want to get into a head-to-head spec-by-spec comparison. Indeed, the landing page for their 13 model boasts "this isn't our laptop, it's yours."

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

All by way of saying, I don't even need to *explicitly* boycott Framework at this point. It's just not even worth it now. That's not to say I disagree with boycotting, rather it's noting that doing so is redundant in my case.

I can't imagine I'm the only one in that spot, either.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@xgranade The last time I got a laptop I wanted a framework, but it was twice as much as the equivalent Lenovo or more… a Framework was aspirational. It was something I was expecting to pay extra for. To have a business, Framework needs to make me think they're not just good but SO good I'll pay extra to get whatever it is they're selling.