Unless Framework thought he would have better luck than them (for some reason?!) and asked him to, that would be different. But based on people here knowing about it, I think it's just arrogance.
Sibling commentor says Framework also didn't follow up, i.e. presumably they don't want to buy AMD chips at the moment, want to keep it 'simple' focus on one for now, or whatever.
More likely, Framework dreads the Osborne Effect, and knows better than to jinx sales of product already in the pipeline.
And no doubt Intel has them by the short hairs; they can't afford to go all-in on AMD, and can't afford to break ranks. You have to be Dell, ASUS, or Lenovo to dare cross Intel. Intel has myriad ways to make life uncomfortable, and uses them ruthlessly.
Even the Big Kids sabotage their own "build-a-laptop" pages to carefully steer you away from AMD machines they do build. Particularly Lenovo.
Unless Framework thought he would have better luck than them (for some reason?!) and asked him to, that would be different. But based on people here knowing about it, I think it's just arrogance.
Sibling commentor says Framework also didn't follow up, i.e. presumably they don't want to buy AMD chips at the moment, want to keep it 'simple' focus on one for now, or whatever.