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[–] 157 points 2 years ago

To let you skip the article, they are pausing sales to the USA on the base models of the framework 13, presumably because those are their lowest margin models. The two affected SKUs for the moment are the Intel 125H and Ryzen 7640U

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  • [–] 103 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    They could just become a European company. I'm just saying.

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  • [–] 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Or Canadian. Since they have quite a passionate investor there already

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    They're built in Taiwan though right so realistically them being a US company is more to do with where their officers are based. So they really could just move.

    It would screw over the people who work there of course.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The company are designers and engineers, not factory workers, they don't have staff in Taiwan, they put their orders there. Unless they move all the people, thry can't really move that easily.

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    That's sad , I am seriously considering getting one to support their business model.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Really sad. This would be one of the first places I was planning to look when I need a new computer

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The good news is it looks like it is only the 13" systems being paused for now. And they likely can get them going again once they figure out the new tariff reqs and get the new prices integrated on the website.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is pausing US sales only. Misleading title, only affects one country.

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    [–] 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I got a Framework 13 a couple months ago - it's been awesome so far. I'm happy to support their business model & repairability - it's super awesome.

    Sucks for you guys south of the 49th parallel who have to deal with (pay) all these ludicrous tariffs!

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I would expect a small company like them to be the most vulnerable to tariffs. This might cause them to go out of business.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Hey Framework, how about sending some laptops down under? I still am not able to buy any from the website here in NZ

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Canary in the coal mine turns into Standard Operating Procedure.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    During their keynote they said they were largely unaffected 😣

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That was more than a day ago though. Trump’s lack of prudence ensures that companies can’t plan ahead. That includes the Taiwan based framework.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They were largely unaffected by the tariffs targeting China, because US trade policy distinguishes between mainland China and Taiwan. Problem was that Trump announced huge tariffs on everyone, including a 32% tariff on Taiwan.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Why not add the tariff to the price? If someone in the US still wants it, they can buy it and pay the tariff.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I assume they will. The problem right now is how volatile and abrupt these policies are. If they make an adjustment now, sell a laptop at that price, and then tomorrow additional tariffs are implemented they may well end up with a loss on that sale to you. The pause is likely just to see where things will stabilize to.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    They presumably assume they'd be selling so little that it wouldn't be worth the trouble.

    They'll probably wait out this situation for a while and see what the competition does..

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