I would argue the notion of "free software" is largely irrelevant and actually contributes nothing to actual freedom. What really does contribute to user's fre

I would argue the notion of "free software" is largely irrelevant and actually contributes nothing to actual freedom. What really does contribute to user's freedom is the ability to take their data out of a program (whether local to their machine or hosted on the cloud) and import it to another program. AKA open data formats and protocols with no vendor lock in. Do you require your furniture to be released along with its "source code" so you can fix it yourself? It's simply enough that you can throw it away and replace it with something else. On the other hand, if the chair was glued to the house (or worse, made as a part of the wall) then that would reduce your freedom. Simply not knowing how the chair was made is normal and does not take anything away from you.