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> None of this inspires confidence that the code can be trusted. It's a shame this code isn't so good out of the box, but for all we know there are proprietary devices purporting t…

Because a lot of GPL'd software is best of breed and (contrary to other threads here) apparently integrates quite well. It says a lot about Apple's view of their customers (none of…

Not according to the Ziff-Davis article they haven't: - Microsoft's Mark Russinovich presumably heard what Stallman said at his talk (which was said to be a "mostly standard talk")…

> A lot of things I use everyday are BSD licensed. > Stallman cannot really make any such demands. That those programs are licensed under one of the BSD licenses doesn't have anyth…

There's no call to write in such patronizing ways. It should be up to the user to decide whether to take on updates, regardless of what you think because that's their computer and …

According to the article, "Apple said the update does not require any user interaction and is deployed automatically.". There's nothing moral about using "silent updates" (updates …

Neither the MIT X11 license (one should be careful to identify which MIT license is being talked about as MIT has used many licenses for software) nor the modified (or 3-clause) BS…

The public domain isn't recognized everywhere and licenses like Creative Commons Zero (CC0) which has a fallback of being all-permissive for regimes where a public domain won't wor…

Because Mozilla (unlike most other web browser publishers) publishes free software -- software users are allowed to run, inspect, modify, and share at any time for any reason. This…

> This is still user-hostile bullshit and some people > at Microsoft really need to be beaten with a rubber > hose until they get it through their heads that they > don't own our d…

I agree; I think this thread and a couple similar threads (basically repeating the same objection) are vastly overrated. Not spying + hardware and software under user control is fa…

Not only is that acceptable, if they deliver a device that respects the user's software freedom, respects the user's privacy, leaves the user in control as much as they wish to pur…

You're correct and worse still is the reception on discussion sites like these: it's sad that people encourage us to take pity on billionaire organizations that apparently don't hi…

If the Input Mono Condensed you're referring to comes from https://djr.com/input/ I recommend reviewing that font's license. https://djr.com/license/ is a non-free license (the lic…

I don't know what Librem 5 will offer in the end, but I think your response argues a false dichotomy with zero evidence. There is no "automated transparent and trusted global suppo…

But we've had media lying before, media lying about objectively important issues of life and death (far more important than allegations of Trump campaign colluding with Russians) s…

It's important not to lump together the proprietary browsers (where the limit you speak of can only be worked around if the proprietors allow) and free software browsers which resp…

Firefox has been and continues to be libre in the sense of software freedom -- free to run, inspect, share, and modify. Anyone who complains about how Mozilla runs their variant of…

> They [Microsoft] have lost me for life. I'll be switching to Mac and Linux from here on out. The power you rightly object to is not limited to Microsoft, or the Windows OS. That …

It's a nonfree license (which alone is sufficient to make me look elsewhere for functional replacements); the license disallows commercial redistribution and contains no language t…

> I do not have the time or the money to personally develop a secure web browser for the rest of the world, nor does any other individual. Your demand is unreasonable. Apparently s…

> I want a browser that is reliable, high quality, respects my privacy, and nothing else. I don't want addons baked into it. I don't want to be spied on. I recommend that you look …

How did you reach the conclusion that you had to trust ProtonVPN? > For VPN service, I trust Mozilla more than to just about anybody: they're nonprofit, have clear and transparent …

It's not, of course, as you point out. One can't defend the ethics or law on the basis of what's good for a particular political party. One should come to a proper understanding of…

I don't find it hard to identify what's so awful about amazon.com even if there's currently no other existing website to do the same job at the same scale: - I think that Javascrip…