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Small comment on framework only somewhat related to its sustainability as a country. I live in Asia (Singapore) now after buying mine in America, and I cannot b
by noobermin 3y ago
Small comment on framework only somewhat related to its sustainability as a country. I live in Asia (Singapore) now after buying mine in America, and I cannot buy replacement parts now, even though most of the parts are made in Taiwan which is quite close to here. I am guessing it's likely because framework cannot make their nice markup if I buy from their Taiwanese suppliers directly, but it has dented somewhat the repairability of these things when the effective supply chain you have is not present (available for Americans and Europeans on their online store but not people in Asia).
- wmf 3y agoThey're adding countries one by one so Singapore should come eventually. They're not boycotting Asia or anything.
- kelnos 3y agoThe lack of availability isn't due to some nefarious profit-seeking plot, it's because selling a product like a laptop requires a bunch of regulatory and logistics work. That work takes time and money, and Framework has a limited supply of both.
- noobermin 3y agoAnd they found that time for europe because...the EU's regulatory environment is easier to deal with?
- theshrike79 3y agoThey're still not selling to the Nordics, even though (most of us) are in the EU or at least very similar law-wise.
- afiori 3y agoThe EU and the US are a bit bigger than Singapore. And yes, EU's bureaucracy is vastly simpler than that of "the combined rest of the world"