The downside is, we aren't even united. Many of us really smart geeks thinks Stallman is the way. If we can't see the source code of every single thing we have

The downside is, we aren't even united. Many of us really smart geeks thinks Stallman is the way. If we can't see the source code of every single thing we have, we don't have it. Free or die! Many others of us think that it's more important privacy is respected. Smooth user experiences are more important than perfect freedom of code. So Apple is the way. You may not know the code on your device, but at least it isn't being sold to the world. And still others think the Google/Facebook way is right. They provide great services to users! Yes they make money selling private data, but their free tools are invaluable to our life. With such a divided view among the "tech elite", how could we really stop anything? Agree that federal law is really the only hope for this kind of stuff, but that is rather hard to do for many reasons.