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Framework under fire for Omarchy/DHH/Hyprland support? (crimier.github.io)

submitted 1 week ago by Curmuffin@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org

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You might’ve noticed Framework, the laptop manufacturer, embroiled in a controversy as of now. The Discord server is on lockdown because the volunteer moderation team has gone on hiatus, and the Framework forum post about the controversy has been gaining unsightly amounts of steam from people disappointed at actions taken by Framework.

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[–] cityboundforest@beehaw.org 9 points 1 week ago

Welp, time for me to find a different laptop to purchase. My old HP went out after nearly 10 years of use (thank you, Linux) due to motherboard failure (source: I work in tech support and laptop repair, plus I took it to Best Buy for a second opinion). I'm using a loaner laptop from a friend as an in-between, and while it's not a bad laptop itself, I would like to get something, well, new. Plus I'm due for a stipend from work, so I'll definitely have the money for it.

I've always heard that Framework is a good laptop, and have even recommended it to someone at work, but now I'm not so sure. As for me personally, I'll have to hunt down a new laptop to purchase, as I definitely don't want to support someone who follows the "if you have 10 people who sit with 1 Nazi" saying. I did get some recommendations from a Best Buy worker, but then they all come with Windows, and while I do have a guide on how to make Windows more privacy-friendly (and I can always just install WSL), I was looking forward to keeping Linux as my daily driver (as I do on my desktop).

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

specifically, Twitter,

This is correct.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Insted of banning abrasive people from forums, we could flag them and use AI as a filter on everything they say in that forum. In a similar vein of how Overwatch dealt with trolls in their ingame chat. If you say "too easy" your message is replaced with something less abrasive. Take away their power to be assholes for no reason. Make it a little badge "I'm an asshole".

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Given the amount of publicity they've received from all this, I'm inclined to be a bit conspiracy theoretic about this.... Did they plan it to unfold exactly like it did? Are you all helping them?

Controversy and infamy lasts for a few months, but after that's over, the name Framework is still etched into everyone's minds even though they don't anymore exactly remember why.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I dunno, personally I'd rather know about this type of stuff - before this I'd have thought about buying or recommending it - it seems decent enough.

Although, I doubt I'd ever have bought one at those prices so maybe irrelevant. But this will be enough that even if i do win the premium bonds, I won't get one and I won't recommend anyone else. Some shit does continue to stink.

Any twat who thinks they are "building a wide tent" by tolerating nazis is pretty much a self defeating prophecy, or just a nazi trying to hide it.

I'd just rather the title was clearer - I have no idea what an 'omarchy/dhh/hyprland' is, and I don't see how those words help the headline at all. Though anything with "hh" is immediately suspect - so that gives a cryptic hints what the title might be insinuating. I think title should just say for 'promoting nazi stuff'. If anyone cares about the details of these obscure projects then they can read more of the article.

Do people feel they have to be crypto-antifascist now? That's a bit of a scary turn of events.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I cannot speak for anyone else, but a year ago I thought that I'd never buy a chinese laptop due to political reasons and here we are one year later and I have a Lenovo. I think most people will eventually make their decisions based on something else than politics, or that politics are in issue only when choosing between things that are identical enough in every other way.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 13 points 1 week ago

Well, the point of the article is that the selling point of a framework laptop lies only in its ethical and political nature. Without it, it's just an overprized computer. So if framework loses its ethical selling point by associating itself with right-wing projects, why shouldn't people buy a Lenovo laptop with better specs for less money instead?

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