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To say that the FSF failing is different from people not caring enough, you have to define the goals of the FSF in a way that it can succeed regardless of wheth
by fay59 6y ago
To say that the FSF failing is different from people not caring enough, you have to define the goals of the FSF in a way that it can succeed regardless of whether people care about it or not. I don't think that this is possible, and therefore the FSF failing is indistinguishable from people not caring enough.
Even people who aren't very good with email or don't understand the difference between WhatsApp and SMS can do Zoom/FaceTime calls or use E2E encrypted messaging platforms while there is no sanctioned FSF platform to do either. Maybe the public would be concerned with the FSF's ideals would the FSF do the smallest modicum of effort to keep up with the public's use of software.
And, of course, the FSF failing is not an indication that the open source movement failed. Open source arguably won. However, free software is currently grasping at the threads of relevance.