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Stallman and Facebook/YouTube have very different goals. Stallman wants free software, Facebook and YouTube want to make money. Facebook and YouTube are happy
by unit91 9y ago
Stallman and Facebook/YouTube have very different goals. Stallman wants free software, Facebook and YouTube want to make money.
Facebook and YouTube are happy to push their political views, so long as the consequences don't interfere too much with cash flow. As a secondary effect, they're happy to let you believe they're nonprofit-minded with profitable products -- and that's also good for business, as demonstrated in the negative by late-90s era Microsoft.