I didn't attribute the full price to ideology. But you can't ignore the fact that certain design choices and the fact that they're a tiny company will increase prices. You can find better quality keyboards, etc at a lower price. So if that's the case, what exactly are you paying more for if not the ideology/mission/values? I wouldn't buy it if not for their unique mission to not make devices designed to shit the bed every few years. That's an ideology and it will cost more until they build up power in the market. I'll have to deal with a shittier keyboard to have something more repairable than my ThinkPad. I have to give up the physical click buttons that I really don't want to live without. Hopefully that changes, but right now they have to sacrifice somewhere to avoid prices that will kill their company before it has a chance to matter. Iterative improvements and growth won't happen if their customer base wants Apple or TP quality right now for reasonable pricing. Youre absolutely overpaying for an idea and there's nothing wrong with that. That's the only way to kick start something like their company in the current market.
This is my opinion. Happy to be proven wrong. But on a purely hardware quality basis, I can probably find better cheaper and still save money just replacing the machine every couple years. TP is one example for me. But I don't LIKE that, so I'm willing to put money with Framework if I can deal with the tradeoffs.
