I think you misunderstood me; as much as I believe in libre movement ideology my point was from a more pragmatic point of view.
Libre software is more fun to work with because you own it; it's open it's free and has community of people working on it.
It's not some bits in the cloud that do stuff when you click a button and the only power you have is support email that will be replied by a robot — it's an actual open project that you can feel. Even if you are not a programmer you can hire someone to create change for you.
Sure sometimes it's ugly, and sometimes there's conflict; sometimes it's insufficient and out-dated but it's much more spiritually empowering when you own the software and have the freedoms that come with libre software.
It's much easier to enjoy technology when it's actually there.
Libre software is more fun to work with because you own it; it's open it's free and has community of people working on it. It's not some bits in the cloud that do stuff when you click a button and the only power you have is support email that will be replied by a robot — it's an actual open project that you can feel. Even if you are not a programmer you can hire someone to create change for you.
Sure sometimes it's ugly, and sometimes there's conflict; sometimes it's insufficient and out-dated but it's much more spiritually empowering when you own the software and have the freedoms that come with libre software.
It's much easier to enjoy technology when it's actually there.