Framework Sponsorships

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I'd love to see them sponsor some of the individuals who are making the software better and/or building compatible hardware, but I don't know who that is specifically.

Pretty cool either way.

They say their mission is "to get Framework products in front of more people" but that's a lie, because if they really wanted more people to have access to a Framework device, they should ship worldwide, or partner with a retailer with a global reach, or at the very least, let people overseas buy them using parcel forwarders / overseas credit cards.

Because as of today, Framework is out of reach for ~90% of the world's population, which makes them irrelevant, at least in my books.

It sounds like you are disappointed by it's not "a lie": more ≠ all.

It's natural that entering markets takes time and that some markets may never be entered if the economics aren't good, even if a company would ideally like to.

They don't need to enter a market. All they need to do is partner with a retailler like Amazon/eBay - or even just allow other retailers to resell them.

Okay so even if they don't want to do that, all they need to do is not go out of their way to block parcel forwarders. They can just make us click on an agreement that voids warranty and absolves them of any risk, that way, it's not their problem. But no, they don't do that.

Meanwhile, smaller Linux notebook companies like StarLabs have been around for less than a decade, yet have no issues supping worldwide. In fact no other tech manufacturer has this issue, at least not to this extremes - how is that only Framework is in this situation?

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