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Is it inappropriate to point out that most likely there were a lot of closed source binary blobs involved in making his computer actually work?



Does pointing that out advance the discussion in a useful way? Does it help having a constructive debate? Does it make anyone's day or life better? Are you just posting in the hope of getting some upvotes for making a funny, snarky short comment? Is your comment actually relevant to the discussion? Does the fact that you ask that question indicate that you already know the answer?


I did not write that from my Lemote, channeling Stallman, nor I have any general enmity towards closed source software (that I both use and write). I just don't like inaccurate proclamations of purity.


Yes. It's not what he meant, and you know it, and being pedantic never helped anyone.

Next you'll suggest that I start turning off nonfree javascript.


I was surprised to read "Mac" in an article claiming ONLY open source tools.




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