Looks like one of those recorded message things you find inside greeting cards - the glob of stuff below the black epoxy blob (the ic), looks like a badly corroded button.
Can try cleaning the button up a bit, or removing it entirely, and bridge the connections beneath it.
Just testing if code blocks containing markdown display correctly.
Testing non-markdown code:
# this is just a comment in a code block
rm -rf /
Testing markdown in a code block:
Testing markdown image:
Agreed, the external connections like USB-C/USB4 will probably last a good long time.
I was thinking more of the internal stuff like the display connector (not sure what framework currently uses - eDP/LVDS/something else?), and all the input connectors for keyboard and trackpad.
Think this is more of a pipe-dream though, considering that 10 years is a long time for PC interfaces and internal interconnects. Swapping between different laptop manufacturers will be unlikely to happen, I feel.
Framework allowing for the whole mainboard to be replaced seems like a good halfway meeting point, and each case size being a constant chassis that hopefully will be supported for a long while.
Hope that other manufacturers follow suit, and at least have their own lines of upgradable laptops.
Mandatory chinese cooking demystified video - https://youtu.be/ZfsZwwrTFD4