It’s been mentioned quite a few times in this thread, and elsewhere in this forum.
Here’s the best explanation I’ve seen as to why: Switchable USB-A and HDMI adapters - #9 by Luke_Mahowald
BIOS 3.08 is supposedly going to address battery drain during shutdown and possibly hibernate and standby. I wonder if they can address the drain of keeping usb-a’s ready to accept a device using the same methods.
Good news about framework is you have the option of the removing the cards you don’t need to eke out a bit more autonomy, unlike other laptops…