> For the past 15 years, pretty much 100% of the code running on my personal laptop and work desktop is opensource. I'm 100% open source at home as well and I'

> For the past 15 years, pretty much 100% of the code running on my personal laptop and work desktop is opensource. I'm 100% open source at home as well and I'd say we are a tiny minority. No job that I've had was open source-centric so you have me beat there. > The few remaining non-opensource programs, such as UEFI and wifi firmware, came free of charge with the hardware. Nothing comes free of charge with hardware. The price was included with the hardware. Did you pay for your smartphone? Or you get that free? > The only software I directly purchased in this decade are videogames on Steam, and that's closer to purchasing artwork than a computer program. You bought ( leased ) software. Doesn't matter how you want to rationalize it to fit your argument.