How did they “double down”?

They didn’t denounce him or anything, and they gave a weak defense of “eh we sponsor all sorts of things”. But they don’t seem to have done anything to increase or strongly defend their (very indirect) support of DHH.

Is there a alternative that does have negative reputation that has similar views on right to repair and interchangeability and upgradability if components? I'm needing on that I can upgrade and repair on my own because I'm a poor American with little to no options.

I see how that is upsetting. Let's hope they get better since I really like the company.

Framework seem happy to invest in the Omarchy and Hyprland projects. Omarchy is run by someone who pushes fascist agendas such as white nationalism, transphobia and eugenics. Hyprland is run by a developer who has been banned from freedesktop.org for failing to moderate the Hyprland community Discord and prevent abuse from there.

Edit: I corrected misinformation stating the maintainer of Hyprland pushes fascist talking points. I don't have evidence of that.

They've funded DHH, a British Danish white supremacist, creator of ruby on rails and omarchy. They gave material support (hardware) to him and their argument was basically that it didn't go directly to him but to an organization he was a part of - they obscured this on the sponsorships page and idt omarchy's sponsorship was ever even added

Now it turns out they give money to a conference he made because he got banned from the original ruby on rails community for causing problems there

They couldn't even come out and say that they dont hold those views, threw a hissy fit on social media and then slightly adjusted their sponsorships page

https://lemmy.world/post/45911148

What they should have said:

1. We dont hold those kinds of views
2. Anyone who is intolerant of others is not welcome
3. We will not support this person or their projects financially due to their controversial views
4. We will be more careful about selecting sponsorships in the future

They didnt do any of those 4 (maybe the 4th?)

Please elaborate?

Maybe when they stop funneling money to fascists under the guise of big tent

I want to learn German and am currently on the brittish tyoecover so I figured I'd upgrade to the german one. I also just want the best and coolest laptop but I'll do it patiently in an eco-friendly way

I've had my 13 for a while and have no plans to upgrade anytime soon. Out of curiosity what don't you like about yours?

They sponsor Hyprland whose creator is anti-woke or something and so the Debian community were up in arms.

https://frame.work/gb/en/blog/framework-sponsorships

I think stories blown out of proportion.

I have mine for 2 years now

No need to upgrade any time.

My 13 is less than a year old, so I don't need to upgrade anything. But that sweet haptic trackpad is very tempting.

I guess I'll upgrade the bottom chassis when my battery dies in a few years.

I'm conflicted, I've recently upgraded to the AMD mainboard in my Framework 13 (luckily right before ramageddon), but the new case, battery, screen, and input upgrades are super compelling. Having to get the new Intel mainboard with the LPCAMM2 memory and new frame to see the battery improvements is why I'm hesitating to pre-order. I don't know, maybe I'll wait for some benchmarks/reviews until I jump the gun. But I watched the livestream and I really applaud Framework for their company ethos and commitment to open hardware. I'm definitely picking up their keyboard/touchpad combo when that's up for pre-order.

I'll never say no to a bigger battery, but I have been very impressed with the lifespan of the current one. Since I got mine about a year and a half ago, I set it to stop charging at 80% and I can't recall a single time I've ever had a battery crisis.

The new battery needing a new case and input module is unfortunate. Waiting to see the price; I'd love a bigger battery

oh hell yeah

Lovely Jamaican Dudes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Jimmy_Dickens

Let's just dance

LJD2026-04-09

something on Thursday I guess. IDK what LJD stands for though.