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1. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2017 02:27:10 UTC Mike Gerwitz

   • Free Software Foundation
   @fsf The phrase "Free as in Freedom" is more meaningful today than ever before. We often talk of users being "robbed" of their freedoms by non-free software, but many users aren't provided the opportunity to have something to be robbed of to begin with. Nearly everything users do is controlled and surveilled by corporations and governments as a feature, by default. Non-free software exposes and exfiltrates the most intimate aspects of our lives---it explores our thoughts, sits in our living rooms, and understands us better than we understand ourselves. Children are exposed to and taught to love and accept these software and devices before they can even crawl.
   
   I've never felt more liberated by #freesoftware. But I've also never felt more concerned and sympathetic for users who are caught up in all of this. Most users don't even know that there are things to be concerned _of_, let alone where to even begin, despite the best intentions and predictions of many within our community.
   
   And I've also never felt more compelled to do something about it.
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   • Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2017 05:50:02 UTC Bob Jonkman

     • Ben Pfaff
     • Free Software Foundation
     @blp @mikegerwitz @fsf We continue to lead by example. Show off our use of #FreeSoftware. Where possible, shun non-free software and services, and be vocal about why you do so. For those can afford to do so, give patronage to Free Software developers.
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