I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭
I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭
I think Framework and Fairphone are solving similar but different problems.
Fairphone is “keep this phone as configured working.”
Framework is more “I have this laptop but it can become this other newer laptop without me needing to buy all the parts again AND I can buy replacement parts.”
It’s really not even remotely the same calculus in my book.
LTT have high praise to the ability to replace the individual components in the Framework, like the trackpad and the screen.
I guess laptops are seen in a different light compared to phones, but I don’t think they should be. Not anymore.
Yes, but replacing the track pad is ALSO in the context of “you can have the latest and greatest laptop CPU.”
You just can’t do that with the Fairphone.
A Framework could hypothetically last forever. A Fairphone still has an 8 year lifespan.
It isn’t just the promise of the ability to replace these components, but the ability to upgrade them.