I've been saying this for years and years. [1] The FSF / GNU folks are only preaching to the choir and don't really have any positive solutions. They're happy

I've been saying this for years and years. [1] The FSF / GNU folks are only preaching to the choir and don't really have any positive solutions. They're happy to tell you what not to do, what software not to use (and what software they won't use) but that's it. Their communications are calibrated for true believers only. They rely heavily on the reader/audience 1) agreeing with a fairly extreme position relative to the mainstream, and 2) the idea that the FSF/GNU has a position of authority/trust with the audience. What's annoying is that I agree with them on the idea that deprecating JPEG-XL is counter to user interests and that Google has too much power. But they could've led with IceCat and made a more pragmatic case that might resonate with a larger audience. Hilariously, though, "building binary packages for Windows and MacOS currently requires nonfree software, so we no longer distribute binary packages for those platforms." So... if you're already happy to be an Orthodox Free Software True Believer then you have an alternative. If you aren't, well, too damn bad. If you're a budding free software fan but happen to have a macOS machine or Windows machine your parents supplied, too bad. If you'd like to make a work computer slightly more free, too bad. Etc. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20100703110224/http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7806/1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100703110224/http://www.linux-... [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/