Framework’s breakthrough isn’t the usual whizbang technology that makes older laptops obsolete. On the contrary—it’s that customers can swap out the battery, keyboard and other parts to repair or upgrade them, making the sleek machine ($749–$999) more immune to tech’s relentless churn. Framework CEO Nirav Patel, who once developed software at Apple, figures people want an alternative to “products that are glued together, sealed up and soldered down, designed to be disposable.” The U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a leader in the “right to repair” movement that’s pushing back against manufacturers that make their products unfixable by users, estimates Americans could save $40 billion annually by repairing rather than replacing electronics. There’s a green impact, too, in sending fewer machines and their toxic chemicals to landfills. —Don Steinberg
Buy Now: Framework Laptop
- Why Trump’s Message Worked on Latino Men
- What Trump’s Win Could Mean for Housing
- The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
- Sleep Doctors Share the 1 Tip That’s Changed Their Lives
- Column: Let’s Bring Back Romance
- What It’s Like to Have Long COVID As a Kid
- FX’s Say Nothing Is the Must-Watch Political Thriller of 2024
- Merle Bombardieri Is Helping People Make the Baby Decision
