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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They could just become a European company. I'm just saying.
That's sad , I am seriously considering getting one to support their business model.
Really sad. This would be one of the first places I was planning to look when I need a new computer
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.
Oh just wait a week, US government policy will probably have changed 16 times by then.
Pretty much every other laptop manufacturer is going to be hit by the same tariffs
Not in Europe AFAIK.
This is pausing US sales only. Misleading title, only affects one country.
Yeah it was a bit worried about that for a moment and I've already given them £100.
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!
Just bought my FW13 last month. USA. It's either perfect timing, because tariffs. Or terrible timing, because tariffs. I haven't decided yet.
Love the laptop though!
I would expect a small company like them to be the most vulnerable to tariffs. This might cause them to go out of business.
They could start selling their inventory to countries they don't sell to yet. Although I'm assuming they're just pausing under the assumption that the tariffs are temporary.
There are still countries other than the US.
If the Americans could read, they'd be very upset to read this.
Hey Framework, how about sending some laptops down under? I still am not able to buy any from the website here in NZ
Same here! I have one but can't get components any more because they locked down freight forwarding 🙁
During their keynote they said they were largely unaffected 😣
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.
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.
Yah. Like I said. Lack of prudence with plenty of unpredictability on top.
Why not add the tariff to the price? If someone in the US still wants it, they can buy it and pay the tariff.
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.
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..
By the time they calculate the result on their retail price and update the website the orange will probably change everything again.

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