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Then don't use it. You have the freedom to choose.

• khedoros1 9y ago
  Right up until it gets declared a requirement at your job, or some such. I don't have much of a problem with Slack personally, but if my whole team is using it as their sole IM method, then it's hard to say that I "have the freedom to choose" whether or not to use it.
  • teh_klev 9y ago
    I'm not trying to be facetious, but you don't have the freedom to choose in a private company what tools are used. You do however have the freedom to leave if you feel oppressed by being forced to use non-free software.