I don’t think there will ever be a FOSS OS for consumers that is the préfèred option. There is too many moving targets to ever be “done” and chasing those cust

I don’t think there will ever be a FOSS OS for consumers that is the préfèred option. There is too many moving targets to ever be “done” and chasing those customers is profitable and requires money. That’s the perfect domain of a business. I’m ok with this too. As another comment mentioned, once upon a time you couldn’t unzip a file with outpaying. Now it’s standardized and free (as in freedom and beer). Let apple and google and Microsoft fight and spend money tweaking the gui just right and bundling in whatever crap they want. FOSS community will lag behind and pick up the tail freeing everyone not on the bleeding edge. Imagine if things like unzipping wasn’t free in 2021? How much shittier phones and services would be. Hell even Niche projects like the oculus quest would be a mess without basic tools being ubiquitous. Unlike some FOSS supporters, I’m ok with commercial interests in software. 2021 might not be free, but it’s still in the making - if 2020 is free, everyone can help build the best 2021 from a more level playing field when we can stand on the free shoulders of giants. Ps: companies should donate more to open source software development and protection and maintenance.