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Please don't forget that there are other, non GNU, operating systems which respect user privacy and choice. The first examples that come to mind are OpenBSD an

• pyeri 3y ago
  But sadly, the permissive ones don't have this ideological defense mechanism built into them. That's why Apple was able to eat FreeBSD for a lunch. But there are few exceptions where permissive projects can also sustain and defend themselves provided they're people powered and well organized. Apache Foundation is a great example here. Despite being permissively licensed, they're able to build projects and products with meritocracy which is apparently untainted by big tech influence so far. Mozilla is a another example though their acceptance of Google's royalty is an influence of taint which is pretty much visible in their end product, Firefox.
  • prmoustache 3y ago
    FreeBSD is not worse because Apple used some of its code.
    • pjmlp 3y ago
      Lets put it this way, in an alternative universe where Linux did not happen, after BSD had won the lawsuit against AT&T, there would be UNIX as usual with everyone taking the bit and pieces they liked from BSD into their own UNIXes. To be honest I wouldn't mind, I always liked SGI, Solaris, HP-UX and Aix better than plain GNU/Linux.