The argument comes more from the RMS argument of distrust; people should have the liberty to inspect the mechanics of the systems they wish to use in a way that

The argument comes more from the RMS argument of distrust; people should have the liberty to inspect the mechanics of the systems they wish to use in a way that isn't willfully obstructed. Yes, there's holes in that argument (you don't get to inspect the server side code for instance), but it's a statement from principle. The web was intended to be an open platform in that "I'm free to inspect and repurpose within reason" kind of way. The radical philosophy and promise of the web and open source has been sublimated and replaced with a cynical variation, a form of elite pirate capitalism. If "we shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us." and we want to go back to the virtues of the open society and dismantle the panopticon of personal data the web has become, then this is the wrong way to construct the cyber-buildings of tomorrow.