If you could make only 1 change to the Framework Laptop, what would it be?

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Blue bezel.

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Iā€™m pretty sure that when people say they want an ā€œARM-Powered Mainboardā€ very few of them actually care about it being ARM.

What they really mean is they want a third CPU vendor option that is viable for day to day usage, competitive with the current CPU options, and has better battery life.

RISC-V is a long way from being viable for day to day usage and also a long way from being competitive with the current options. Intel and AMD are the only vendors of X86 CPUs. So that just leaves ARM based solutions (mainly the Snapdragon X Elite for the time being).

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Iā€™d really like an OLED screen option, as i often use my FW in the dark & the minimum brightness is still quite bright.

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The problem with ARM processors is unfortunately still, that there are no standardized BIOS or UEFI implementations for them. So you often end up with a locked BIOS from the vendor or something similar.
I think this is one of the reasons, that is holding Framework back from developing an ARM mainboard.

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you can use the AMD dashboard to turn down the ā€¦ contrast.
The brightness slider donā€™t work as great.

Yeah I wish the backlight driver has a bit more range.

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One concern I have with OLED panels on laptops is that they may not work as well with matte panels as they may cause bloom or dilute the darker darks compared to a glossy panel. Maybe someone can let me know if this is a completely unfounded concern based entirely on incorrect assumptions, or if this is an actual issue some may encounter (even if its not to the same degree I envision).

I prefer to sit near to a window when at home or at school, and as a result the glare from a normal gloss panel tends to be something that I am more sensitive to. I even held off purchasing a FW 13 until a matte display was available (and until AMD was available, lol)

The ideal panel for me would be a gloss OLED panel utilizing whatever magic technology Samsung has implemented on the S24 series because the reflection reduction on those phones really is something otherworldly.