NiceMicro
The "how can you say you are pro user freedom when you are against the user choosing proprietary software freely" take on #FreeSoftware is just the worst take you can have, so please, please, stop. Especially, please stop if you are on a #podcast listened to by thousands of people.  ðŸ¤¦
May 30, 2023 at 11:33pmWeb
Show threadGabrielMay 31, 2023

@nicemicro It's a bad way of saying what does need to be said which is:

I understand that others may not always refuse to use proprietary software, and that while I wish they wouldn't I won't attack them for making sub-optimal decisions.A better writer than me could probably put it in a more concise way, but I do think that message is important. Alienating people is counter-productive.

Show threadNiceMicroMay 31, 2023

@gabriel Sure, I don't disagree with the sentiment.

My problem is, that the "don't be an ass to people using proprietary software" usually goes into a counter-productive apologia for the proprietary software, which ends up taking the attention away from the thing that should be the most important: the computing freedoms of the user.

So, it doesn't just become a bad way of saying something, but ends up being a distraction.

Show threadAdonay Felipe NogueiraMay 31, 2023
@nicemicro en: another one I heard, targeted against activists and distributions that follow the #GNU #FSDG is "this is oppression since you are blocking the installation of non-free software", which is false because they just don't… a) teach; b) install to others; c) recommend; d) foster; e) make it convenient. But, you can still install stuff manually. Blocking is actually a bug, like the one #LinuxLibre has, which is caused by how #Linux is made.