Actually I'll extrapolate a little: The strings attached can turn into something similar to political control, or sometimes actual political control. This is ad

Actually I'll extrapolate a little: The strings attached can turn into something similar to political control, or sometimes actual political control. This is admittedly a leftist (or modern right-populist) sentiment, but it's evolved from my basic libertarian notions. Large companies can have their arms twisted by the government, or they can have their own ideological missions. Free Software, maybe self-hosted services in particular, give us an escape hatch at least.