It's easily replaceable. They choose it because ath9k works without blobs. You should know what you are buying. Not the wifi card, the ram or the storage. Not e

It's easily replaceable. They choose it because ath9k works without blobs. You should know what you are buying. Not the wifi card, the ram or the storage. Not even the cool-aid. You are buying a laptop that comes without bootguard enabled and can run coreboot. That's it in a nutshell. system76 is also a decent option since they have also started working on coreboot (https://github.com/system76/coreboot/ https://github.com/system76/coreboot/), and you can hack on it if it interests you. system76's products look more polished since they are clevos made for a wider audience.