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The reality is that this will be a niche product that gets almost no mainstream adoption outside of a small tech bubble, like the Fairphone.

erikpukinskis 5y ago
No, it very well could become a popular product. Repairability won’t be enough to get it there. But whatever company culture forms around this repairability thing could lead them to design a killer feature that Apple and Microsoft would never think of. And repairability might be a moat for some feature like that. It’s not inevitable, most new electronics companies don’t hit it big. But don’t write them off before they start! They’re in the right place: they pulled together a group of contributors with a different way of thinking, a product is on the market, getting good reviews, and a cult following is behind them. That’s exactly where new big ideas come from. Give them a chance to seek it out.
- drstewart 5y ago
  I definitely support their mission and hope to see them do well. And you might be right that they form a culture or feature that proves to be game changing. However, on the surface, I don't believe modularity is something that the average consumer cares about enough to have this become mainstream just on that basis alone.
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- wly_cdgr 5y ago
  It could, but I think it will take something like that killer feature: I am a programmer, so probably more likely than most to be interested, but the modularity/repairability interests me only mildly to moderately. Not nearly enough to switch from my Surface Book, especially given that I have my nice little Raspberry Pies if I want to do some Linux stuff or play around with hardware
908B64B197 5y ago
I wish enterprise buyers or institutional buyers considered it. Make sense to buy a fleet of these since they can be pretty easily repaired/cannibalized for parts.
goodpoint 5y ago
A "Tesla moment" might well represent adoption of an expensive gadget in a small tech bubble.
yellowapple 5y ago
For me, the Fairphone would be a no-brainer if they sold outside of Europe. Seeing as how the Framework laptop doesn't have that constraint, it at least has a leg up in terms of customer base.

erikpukinskis 5y ago

No, it very well could become a popular product. Repairability won’t be enough to get it there. But whatever company culture forms around this repairability thing could lead them to design a killer feature that Apple and Microsoft would never think of. And repairability might be a moat for some feature like that. It’s not inevitable, most new electronics companies don’t hit it big. But don’t write them off before they start! They’re in the right place: they pulled together a group of contributors with a different way of thinking, a product is on the market, getting good reviews, and a cult following is behind them. That’s exactly where new big ideas come from. Give them a chance to seek it out.

drstewart 5y ago
I definitely support their mission and hope to see them do well. And you might be right that they form a culture or feature that proves to be game changing. However, on the surface, I don't believe modularity is something that the average consumer cares about enough to have this become mainstream just on that basis alone.
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wly_cdgr 5y ago
It could, but I think it will take something like that killer feature: I am a programmer, so probably more likely than most to be interested, but the modularity/repairability interests me only mildly to moderately. Not nearly enough to switch from my Surface Book, especially given that I have my nice little Raspberry Pies if I want to do some Linux stuff or play around with hardware

908B64B197 5y ago

I wish enterprise buyers or institutional buyers considered it. Make sense to buy a fleet of these since they can be pretty easily repaired/cannibalized for parts.

goodpoint 5y ago

A "Tesla moment" might well represent adoption of an expensive gadget in a small tech bubble.

yellowapple 5y ago

For me, the Fairphone would be a no-brainer if they sold outside of Europe. Seeing as how the Framework laptop doesn't have that constraint, it at least has a leg up in terms of customer base.