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
femboys are you going to be home
people definitely spend less if they feel obligated to think about it a bit more
i kinda fucks with it it’s fun
My point is basically that matrix/element is arguable the much more ethical chat solution because of its openess still with a focus on security.
signal protocol is basically the opposite, open source but the company is hostile to 3rd party client development
Just a note, there's some studies that have shown that a massive proportion of high tier female athletes actually have chromeosone issues that would put them into the intersex category.
Thrift stores in America are usually corporate and not for charity. Or, they pretend to be charities (but aren't)
Goodwill is fucking evil.
This is exactly what the article said
"It's installed by default and all my friends are on it" - 50% of Americans
They don't need to worry about the fact that the other half of Americans are not able to comfortably message them, or participate in group chats, because those are people poorer than them that they might not even want to interact with anyways. Some of them might even be not white.
This becomes even more extreme as ages become younger, with around 98% of college age students and younger having iPhones (this is obviously biased to higher income colleges in metropolitian area but the data is still useful). The peer pressure of not having an iPhone is genuinely incredible (trust me, i experience it). I have genuinely had people stop wanting to be friends with me once they learned I had an Android phone.
Apple has a monopoly so powerful that they influence the social circles of almost every grade schooler and college student in America. This is why they don't want to give it up.
commenter was suggesting that framework allows you to “grow with your budget”
i don’t think this is exactly true in most situations