No, FOSS is not about putting the user in literal _control_, and that concept is misused a lot to look down on the idea. FOSS is about ensuring the user has the

No, FOSS is not about putting the user in literal _control_, and that concept is misused a lot to look down on the idea. FOSS is about ensuring the user has the right to be in control whenever/however they want. Most users won't, ever, but the right is there, if they wanted and knew how to, and that is what FOSS accomplishes. Comment [1] happens to reply a similar thing. In short, this whole issue with qBittorrent cannot be summarized better than this other comment [2]: developers who have no idea about design should not change design. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34244160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34244160 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34244201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34244201