Freedom is choice is important because you might decide to base your choice on a property of a photon that originated in a galaxy far away. If you have no choi

Freedom is choice is important because you might decide to base your choice on a property of a photon that originated in a galaxy far away. If you have no choice, than that property must have been predetermined to have a specific conspiratorial outcome, essentially since the beginning of the universe. Just to make sure you and your friend make compatible measurements. Without that assumption, every outcome can be explained as due to a highly unlikely conspiratorial setup.