That's reasonable, but unfortunately, soldered memory will probably become more and more common. Apple Silicon and now these AMD chips have shown that it is genuinely much more capable. This performance would not be possible without it.

Framework still ensured the desktop is as repairable as possible in every way that they can control. It will undoubtably be more repairable than other ITX PCs in the same class. I've worked on some ITX PCs in the past, and some of them are HELL to repair. Even a lot of full sized prebuilds are really frustrating to repair. Many Dell and HP desktops use proprietary parts, making repair expensive.