dronodeath

It is very clearly not open source nor is it claimed to be open source. They take great pains to explain their structure.

They are not being willfully mendacious. You are being willfully dickish.

Trades pay significantly more than that in the urban US in my experience. Not sure if it is because of a history of being less well-respected but supply is definitely low still relative to demand post-COVID.

I wish my midwestern US city had some more money sloshing into civic projects.

Thanks for the comparison.

Sure but in terms of build quality does any laptop compare with a MacBook?

Real question: Do you truly think the XPS is comparable to the Framework? I’ve no experience with the Framework so genuinely curious. OP seems less than impressed?

It’s actually a stein of beer, carried on the end of the barrel of the tank’s main gun, for others that like me did not understand. It’s cool.

Maybe pockets are one of those things that everyone says they’d like, but really that preference is subordinate to so many other considerations, that it doesn’t materially affect the success of the product. Couple that with simply costing a tiny bit more or just being different than the status quo, and it ends up a nonstarter, because why bother with something that won’t make the product more successful?

> Shouldn't they already factor in the cost of app support for the next X years when selling the product?

Depends what you mean by “should”. If you mean that they should because it would be the right thing to do, sure. If you mean it would be competitively advantageous, well I rather doubt it. Consumers have almost uniformly demonstrated that price trumps all.