I was recently looking at Framework for a new x86 laptop, as I believed the company to be reasonably aligned with my values (e.g. pro-repair, pro-FOSS, pro-humanity). But others have warned me that they are now supporting Hyprland, Omarchy, etc. They support these projects led by people who hold alt-right views, in the name of building a ā€œbig tentā€ coalition.

The problem, however, is that building a ā€œbig tentā€ coalition, by design, requires some form of value alignment.

community.frame.work/t/framewo

Alpine is a ā€œbig tentā€, for example, but people who want to harm members of our community aren’t welcome.

This isn’t hard.

Needless to say, I won’t be buying a Framework laptop anytime soon, which makes me sad.

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