commenter was suggesting that framework allows you to “grow with your budget”

i don’t think this is exactly true in most situations

not rlly wanting to reply to everyone but framework mainboards are price comparable to equivalent entire laptops

i literally want a framework laptop, but selling it to people as a good way to save money isn’t really viable in my opinion

not to be a downer but you could very likely buy a higher performing laptop than even the top framework laptop for less money than even a minimal build

considering that the intended use case is for research, the web is going to be used either way, so it’s better to not have the distraction of a full web browser, which is exactly what “distraction free” is all about

bee raccoon hybrid

everyone should read the will to change by bell hooks

the play services are not installed by default*

signal protocol is basically the opposite, open source but the company is hostile to 3rd party client development