private and sustainable hardware
A large part of the reason I wrote this note is because of how excited I am about Framework laptops.
Framework makes super modular laptops, allowing for easy upgrade and repairs. My current laptop is old and has a bunch of stuff that’s slightly broken. The only sensible thing is to buy an entirely new laptop, but with a framework, I could easily clean it out, upgrade the slow parts, and fix / replace the broken parts.
There are caveats. I’ve been poring over a variety of reviews, and it seems like the conclusion is that you get a medium quality laptop for a higher price tag. That said, the price comparison makes much more sense when you think about the framework as a machine you’ll use for a decade, maybe more, as opposed to most laptops which grow old and slow after a few years.
The mobile space has a similar company called Fairphone, but they’re unfortunately only available in Europe.
