Hello there 
Iām an amateur hobbyist who has become really interested in FOSS software and all things repairability - something Iām keen on with Framework as it combines both.
Iāve followed Framework from the start and plan on investing in a 13 as soon as I have the funds. Iām still new to Linux but I see it as a natural complement to running things like GrapheneOS on my phone and canāt wait to take better ownership of my tech from both the software and hardware perspectives. I also feel this creates a greater sense of responsibility towards the gadgets I use, which Iām then far less likely to just throw away and replace after so much hard work 
Glad to be a part of the community and share thoughts with like-minded people, and so happy things like this exist in a time of planned & forced obsolescence!
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College student (majoring in IT) and sometime gamer here. I forget when and where I first learned about Framework, but I wanted a Laptop 16 from the first time I learned of its existence, and was finally able to pull the trigger on one roughly a month ago. Bought the 1st-gen 16 because I decided I didnāt want to wait for a preorder of the 2nd-gen; my previous main was 7 years old and very ālong in the toothā for the flight simulation and other gaming I regularly do. Besides, the very nature of Framework means I can put upgraded hardware into the existing chassis later if I want toā¦ which, while not cheap, would be significantly less expensive than buying a whole new machine. Thatās why I really like Framework - theyāre basically the opposite of every other computer manufacturer these days. Open-source input and output module designs, a generally insane degree of repairability and upgradability, made by a company that actively encourages tinkering with your machine and designing your own hardware to use with it if you have the meansā¦ Itās very much not cheap, but I think itās 100% worth the money for those aspects, if only to stick it to all these other companies who have the opposite philosophy. For most of the past decade, Iāve hated the direction most computer manufacturers have chosen to go with their laptop hardware - even the best new laptops seem to always have some sort of drawback, such as overheating problems (usually caused by too much computer in a case thatās too thin), crappy build quality/materials, or soldered RAM/storage - and Frameworkās combination of computing power with a good cooling design and general openness is a huge breath of fresh air amid all that. Huge thank you to the Framework team for giving me a reason to believe that good new laptop hardware still exists. Iām very happy with my 16, and plan to keep it around and keep using it as long as parts are still being made.