1. Well, present me your personal definition of morality and I will explain why proprietary software is immoral from your personal definition (or why is it mora

1. Well, present me your personal definition of morality and I will explain why proprietary software is immoral from your personal definition (or why is it moral - which would mean that your moral axioms are different than mine, which could shine light to the core of our disagreement). 2. You are being shortsighted. What if your washing machine misbehaves, and the company that manufactured it went out of business years ago and cannot provide support? What if you have a programmer buddy that could fix your washing machine for a bottle of beer, yet you're forced to spend hundreds on a new one? What if a dictator implements a surveillance device inside a washing machine, using it to spy on whistleblowers and lock them up? There are countless scenarios where free software matters. Just because you don't personally care, doesn't mean you won't care some day, if the situation arises. Just because you have nothing to say right now, doesn't mean you don't need free speech. 3. Sex has nothing in common with software distribution. 4. I am now convinced that you are trolling. When format is open, there are usually quite a few free implementations, and you can easily (pay someone to) implement your own, if none of the free implementations are satisfactory. You are not forced to run a proprietary program that may or may not be bundled with malware, depending on the developer's mood.