The author complains that he (I am assuming he) felt he had been hoodwinked by "paid" reviews of Framework. But this honestly felt like one to me specifically b

The author complains that he (I am assuming he) felt he had been hoodwinked by "paid" reviews of Framework. But this honestly felt like one to me specifically because of all the same propaganda in it that Apple peddles on why one should avoid Linux and pay the Apple tax premium and get a mac ("oh it's so hard to configure", "you waste a lot of time trying to get something working" etc. etc. - sure, there's some truth there. But I too remember wasting lot of time on macOS when I was new to it, and many things about it still frustrates me with no solution). Apart from just superficially describing the looks of the machine and the upgraded hardware specs, the author doesn't make any mention of the modular hardware feature of Frame.work which is its real defining feature, and what makes it poles apart from the nearly unrepairable Apple devices. It seemed strange to omit mentioning that, when that's the major reason people choose it over Apple. I don't doubt him when he says that the trackpad may be crappy (maybe hardware or software issue). Bad luck. Switch to a mouse (is this like Apple saying you are using it wrong? :) temporarily. After all, he has bought the very first iteration of a completely new hardware. There are bound to be some minor issues here and there. We shouldn't forget that even Apple has had hardware and software problems in the past, when they launched newer iPhones or MacBooks models. I get that the Linux hardware drivers of Frame.work might still need work, as this laptop is just the first iteration. But I also questioned why the author didn't install Windows or FreeBSD instead, if he was so frustrated with Linux? (That's one of those things that Apple fans no longer like to highlight - that Arm macs are now essentially mono OS computers that only fully support macOS, and all other OSes run crippled on it). If he is so frustrated with Linux, that he is willing to consider paying 3x the cost of the Frame.work to again buy a new mac and go back to the spyfest that is macOS (his words), then why not just test the spyfest that is Microsoft Windows on the Frame.work first? After all, however much some of us hate Windows, we can't deny that it supports the most hardware and software than any other OS in the world, and also works "out of the box" without much tinkering. Still, despite the nitpicks I highlighted, I enjoyed reading the post and thank the author for posting it.