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> It requires passengers to run a nonfree program (an app). I'm not sure if I agree with this, unless you consider the web to be non-free. Uber also runs a rea
by kevining 12y ago
> It requires passengers to run a nonfree program (an app).
I'm not sure if I agree with this, unless you consider the web to be non-free. Uber also runs a really great mobile website[1], which is one of the few reasons I use Uber not owning an iPhone or Android device.
[1] https://m.uber.com/ https://m.uber.com/
- umanwizard 12y agoStallman definitely considers web sites not licensed under a Free Software license to be non-free. Why would the web be somehow different from any other mechanism for delivering sotware?
- chippy 12y agoCan you book Uber cars using their website on your desktop?
- onedev 12y agoYes you can. I've done it when my phone was dead and I had forgotten my charging cable at work.
- macspoofing 12y agoSimply running a web-app on desktop wouldn't satisfy Stallman. He'd want the entire stack to be open-source (front-end and back-end code).