TaterTot

There are no ethical large computer manufacturers. Framework, like its competitors, financially supports unethical people, and projects, and there’s no such thing as an end-to-end ethical supply chain right now.

People want Framework to be ethical because they champion repairability, and on a relative scale, you could do a lot worse. But that’s also the problem. Most people buying a new MacBook or ThinkPad never think about ethics. Framework puts ethics front and center, then drops the ball the moment you dig deeper than repairability.

If you want to buy “ethically,” your best option is used. The device was still made unethically, by a company that funded abhorrent causes, and the seller will likely reinvest your money into the very ecosystem you’re trying to avoid. But at least you kept something out of a landfill a little longer, and put one more degree of Kevin Bacon between yourself and the worst of it.

To keep things in perspective, Framework is probably less unethical than most manufacturers, and they’re doing more for repairability than most. And even Doug Forcett wasn’t good enough for the Good Place, so you know… you have to draw your own lines.

That’s not all! That’s not all!

Very normal. Pretty much everyone I know collects these little holes in their heart from important connections that for one reason or another are no longer around. Just the way of things. Hurts when the wind blows through though.

But while it’s very normal, it’s good to remind yourself that all things are temporary, and that being able to form connections is a gift to be cherished. I’m glad you had someone to be there for you, and I hope things are going well for both of you.

Keep on keeping on.