How about a less bad-faith formulation: the world got more dependent on secret, proprietary software, and therefore the pragmatic way is to concede a little te

How about a less bad-faith formulation: the world got more dependent on secret, proprietary software, and therefore the pragmatic way is to concede a little territory to them, so that people can use Free Software at all. Except it's a lose-lose situation: there will never be an end to those concessions, as long as secret software expands under the guise of firmware. And a hardline stance will alienate new generations and starve the movement. The endgame is no Free Software in either scenario.