> If you disagree, vote with your wallet. That only works if you have the option to. The vast majority of the time you don't. Edit: Perhaps I'm being misunder

> If you disagree, vote with your wallet. That only works if you have the option to. The vast majority of the time you don't. Edit: Perhaps I'm being misunderstood? I mean that there very often no equivalent, or even near equivalent option, for you to choose between. As an example, I cannot pay extra for a "smart" consumer electronic, including car infotainment systems, with no proprietary bits and with access to the source. Even "smart" phones which can have their bootloader's unlocked, which isn't a huge portion, don't provide access to the proprietary bits needed to compile your own AOSP system. However, I'm calling out phones separately as there are a few, nascent nearly fully open source options.