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Don't blame me you didn't understand the assignment. The question was, what more could framework do to make their mainboard more of a standard, and was asked in

by zamnos 3y ago

Don't blame me you didn't understand the assignment. The question was, what more could framework do to make their mainboard more of a standard, and was asked in a way that implied that the comment's autjor could not imagine a way they could do more than they have already. As to the VCs funding the endeavor, maybe you've heard of the open source movement? While funding is still sometimes slim, there are still businesses being funded "for the greater good", rather than primarily trying to enrich the executives. I'm also of the mind that funders of Framework knew what they were getting into. Their openness wasn't exactly a secret, nor would it have been from the board or any investors. If Framework was able to move the needle on modularity and reusability (and thus poison less of the Earth *) of what was previously mostly ewaste, then even if they went bankrupt, it still would be progress for humanity and the founders can hold onto that for the rest of their lives. * The 2nd R of environmentalism is reuse.

dcow 3y ago
You're crazy. If we're hallucinating and sharing notes, then we could also have Framework lobby to pass a law that requires all laptop makers to use their spec. We could coerce the president of every country to pass an executive order demanding as much. We could do it by force, even. We could starve children and superglue their fingers to soldering irons and tell them they only way they eat is if they produce competing mainboards. ....just because you can imagine doing something doesn't make it in the least bit realistic. Don't be a hyperbolic asshat. Framework is open-spec because it's good for business and customers. I would hope their investors knew exactly what they were getting into--and that's not a charity. It's a good business built on principles of reducing e-waste and reusing perfectly good parts year over year instead of vendor lock-in and planned obsolescence. It's a better product and better UX. And like Amazon showed the world, that matters. Open source has nothing to do with nor does it imply charity. Please stop misleading people by equivocating.

by zamnos 3y ago

dcow 3y ago

You're crazy. If we're hallucinating and sharing notes, then we could also have Framework lobby to pass a law that requires all laptop makers to use their spec. We could coerce the president of every country to pass an executive order demanding as much. We could do it by force, even. We could starve children and superglue their fingers to soldering irons and tell them they only way they eat is if they produce competing mainboards. ....just because you can imagine doing something doesn't make it in the least bit realistic. Don't be a hyperbolic asshat. Framework is open-spec because it's good for business and customers. I would hope their investors knew exactly what they were getting into--and that's not a charity. It's a good business built on principles of reducing e-waste and reusing perfectly good parts year over year instead of vendor lock-in and planned obsolescence. It's a better product and better UX. And like Amazon showed the world, that matters. Open source has nothing to do with nor does it imply charity. Please stop misleading people by equivocating.