Except that the ports are essentially custom dongles that lock into the case. So instead of relying on the full market to make a usb-c to whatever dongle in the future, you’re relying on Framework to do it. A single company. This is not better.
Also, the expansion card design is open source and on GitHub, so that should encourage experimentation, and maybe even smaller for-profit manufacturing operations if FrameWork gets big enough.
If you want something to complain about re: the ports, it should be that you can only have four of them (including the charging port over USBC, I believe).
Third party companies could make compatible parts.
I look at this laptop as a proof of concept for something we should all want to exist: a modular and repairable laptop. Just because it isn't perfect doesn't make it bad.
I was enormously skeptical when I first heard about the company, as the history of computing is littered with the devices and prototypes of startups that suggested they were going to make something different and open and extensible, only to have those promises be completely overblown, and usually have communication become shady and vague. But while I'm not quite confident enough to buy one yet, and I'll be very interested to see how their ecosystem evolves over the next few months, it actually looks like they might be succeeding here.