System76 reveal the new Adder WS laptop, their "most affordable" powerhouse

System76 uses core boot and open source components for as much of the system as possible, you're inherently going to pay more for this. It's not what is being offered to you by another seller under the name "laptop" which you or the community writing your software has to reverse engineer, and in the category of products that it lives within it could most certainly be considered affordable, especially if you take into account the longer useful lifespan afforded to you by repairable open-sourced components.