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And here is the error of your logic: "is voluntary, and thus involves a willful violation of the principle of freedom".

Principle of freedom, in the context of the FSF, has always referred to user/recipient freedom.

A user voluntarily (of their on unconstrained freedom) making a (informed) choice for themselves, by definition does not violate their own freedom, they are exercising their freedom. You are contradicting yourself.

Complicit-ness can be debated with regards to purchasing decisions, not with regards to updating firmware.




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