4 ms·
Dead set. Until other companies get ontop of their waste/longevity/upgrade paths. They can duck right off. Frame work laptops or nothing. Ethics of waste > ever
by gtvwill 3y ago
Dead set. Until other companies get ontop of their waste/longevity/upgrade paths. They can duck right off. Frame work laptops or nothing. Ethics of waste > everything else. Apple is a e-waste machine along with dell and hp. Their e-waste for profit should be considered criminally negligent given today's climate.
Gross companies are gross. I love that frame.work is providing some option/fight back against the toxic businesses of yesteryear.
- opengears 3y agoFully agree. Another and more efficient path to prevent waste is to buy aftermarket (second hand) machines, and to use them the longest time possible. There are a few small vendors offering refurbished and modded hardware, for example https://minifree.org https://minifree.org
- littlecranky67 3y agoTo me the e-waste is not even the biggest selling point, but rather the ability to configure the HW yourself and adjust to your needs, through the lifetime of the laptop. Especially since I found myself having different needs over several years of usage. I.e. upgrading RAM or Storage at a later point (sad that this is even something special and worth mentioning today), but also change ports between usb-c, usb-a, ethernet, headphone jacks etc. I mean if you want you can build your own framework laptop that has 4 different headphone jacks with input/output (think streaming/podcasting setup).