Yes. We live in a world where our only real freedom is our purchasing decisions. I think that leads to people making brands, TV shows, video games, etc. a big enough part of their identity that criticism of that thing feels like criticism of them personally.
I would argue that modern TVs and smartphones are some of the most common ways that people are wasting their precious time on earth these days, but do what makes you happy I guess.
My bet is they wait a few months and quietly announce that they’ll do the scanning on the iCloud servers instead. That would be relatively uncontroversial in the tech press and probably never make it to the mainstream press.
If the million customers they lose also happen to be people who build apps and influence the tech buying decisions of everyone they know, that could be a very big problem over time.
Likewise. I'm running Pop!_OS on mine. When I pre-ordered, I figured there was a 50/50 chance the thing would even ship. But it shipped exactly when they said it would, and it's fantastic. I'm very impressed with Framework so far.
I also was skeptical though I had a feeling after chatting with some of the team that they would deliver. I didn't expect the level of polish in terms of customer experience--e.g., packaging, instructions, etc. Like you, I am also very impressed with Framework. It's actually amazing given how early in the company life they are.
I just switched to a Framework from a 2018 MacBook Pro. My take: the display is comparable, the keyboard is much better, and the trackpad is fine, but not as good as Apple's.
My experience with Mac keyboards is either with its magic keyboard for the iMac, or the mid-2012 Mac Book Pro which has a fantastic keyboard. I've touched newer MBPs, and I despise the low-profile keys.
