@darkling @mjg59 Read the article. Their "unreasonable" perspective isn't unreasonable in the sense that it tries to enforce that everything is free or push a maximalist freedom argument.
It's "unreasonable" because, in practice, it actually advocates for *removing* freedoms from users by removing their ability to update (and possibly even find ways to free) their firmware, instead promoting the existence of non-free firmware that's just invisible.
It's just a completely backwards position that advocates for misleading users into believing their systems are "more free" while actually causing damage without increasing freedom in any measurable way. Freedom PR, basically. The FSF has completely lost it with RYF.
https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/113645323951853817
@marcan @darkling @mjg59 this is the disconnect that has made me completely lose interest. they've forgotten that the point is user freedom, including freedom of choice. they've turned it into […]
@marcan @darkling @mjg59 FSF's approach is the worst of both worlds. It genuinely baffles me that they keep doing it. Do they have *any* argument for carrying on with it other than the "ROM is […]
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