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danpalmeryesterday at 10:06 PM1 replyview on HN

> If you want a repairable machine, buy one.... Framework

Sure, but Framework doesn't run the OS I want, doesn't run the chip I want, doesn't quite meet the form factor I want. It's not an effective market because I can't pick and choose.

The problem here is vertical integration. If you want anything from Apple you have to buy everything from Apple.

And the answer to that is: regulation.


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Esophagus4today at 2:10 AM

Being an effective market doesn’t mean you get everything you want.

You’re actually saying: “I want Apple’s software, and I want certain chips, and I want a certain form factor. And if Apple won’t build what I want, I will pass a law to make them build it for me!”

Come on man. You will make tradeoffs either way. The answer isn’t: force a company to build what I want them to build.

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