We are not sustainable
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We are not sustainable. And neither is any other device maker. This industry is full of “feel good” messaging, but generates 50 million metric tons of e-waste each year. We believe there's a better way.

We are not sustainable And neither is any other device maker. This industry is full of “feel good” messaging, but generates 50 million metric tons of e-waste each year. We believe the best way to reduce environmental impact is to create products that last longer, meaning fewer new ones need to be made. Instead of operating on feels, we operate on data and actions. With funding from Intel, we commissioned Fraunhofer IZM to do a detailed life cycle analysis (LCA) on Framework Laptop 13 to help us understand where we are today and where we can continue to improve. Check out our thoughts on reducing environmental impact and download the LCA report here…

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Overall, they seem to be doing the right things for long-term ownership and repairability. As new hardware manufacturers, they’re going to have a couple issues, just like their rechargeable bios battery design, but they’ve handled them well.

    I would like them to open source their schematics, but they have contractual obligations preventing them from doing so, so making the schematics open after signing an NDA is a fair middle ground, and more than any other company will do. So kudos for that

    I personally own a framework, and worked with them to fix a charging issue, and they did all the right things, professional, no issues at all.

    One small issue that people seem to have, is their unwillingness to talk about core boot or libre boot, but that’s a small thing.

    They are a startup, so you always have to question what revenue streams they’re envisioning long-term.

    They’re my kind of crazy: I hope they succeed, at least I hope they start industry trend for repairability and long-term ownership.