So what do you mean by "people being in control of their own stuff" - why even bother talking about something that will never happen? I mean other than maybe R

So what do you mean by "people being in control of their own stuff" - why even bother talking about something that will never happen? I mean other than maybe Richard Stallman, who even does anything remotely close to this? Wrt: malware, what's definitely helped here is that people spend more time on centralized platforms that are able to tackle problems at the source, as opposed to visiting random unsafe websites and downloading random software. Likewise, telemetry in OS almost certainly helps greatly in fighting malware. Centralization in terms of both data and usage helps greatly.