In which Reddit is sure the FSF does nothing

I think it would be easier to take them seriously, in some cases, if they would deal with distros that are registered under as fully free, at the very least are libre.

The issue, of the sneaky software issues regarding breaking backwards compatibility to restrict freedom, is one issue, but even if you throw this away,

PureOS is not free software... unless they are no longer using the vanilla kernel. If anyone has proof, feel free to correct me!

Other problems, though, is they need to be way more vigilant of backdoors, freedom issues, security and privacy issues even by free software, etc that can be worked on, such as laptops, tablets, desktops, single board stuff, then say smartphones which to be honest, serve a specific purpose and without proprietary software, are mostly worthless, whether they have replicant, or any other lineageos base.

To some, this all seems like the FSF is not as serious as they should be.

Also, I think RYF should include any device that is as secure and private as libreboot, even if the intel me is still within and disabled, or something similar to that effect and/or doesn't need any blobs that dial elsewhere or restrict changing your OS.

These things might make some think to themselves, they are just doing this for their own goals.

I disagree on that the FSF/GNU aren't serious, but I do think they need to worry about the stuff I mentioned that are either impossible, way less and focus on stuff that is better.

The only way I will take any of my thoughts back on replicant, is if they can reverse engineer 5G before 6G comes out.

Sounds like it will be impossible at this time, to me anyways.

Also, the whole calling it GNU/Linux and the idea hurd can ever do anything useful in the future, both seem like they won't change the masses.

Basically, be more reasonable in your approach, or things aren't going to go well in the future, eventually, unless the corporations really do something unspeakably stupid...

I hope it doesn't have to come to that.

Aye...

Also, freedom needs to be treated only slightly more important than security/privacy and usability should be the next level.

I very often feel like its the opposite with regard to those issues.

You are all free to disagree on these issues, but, that's my viewpoint.

I would just ask you all to think long and hard about my viewpoint, it might be more common then you think. I think Leah agrees with me on this:

"Also, I think RYF should include any device that is as secure and private as libreboot, even if the intel me is still within and disabled, or something similar to that effect and/or doesn't need any blobs that dial elsewhere or restrict changing your OS."

Leah can correct me if she wants, but yeah, this is what I see as the problem.

People should have the right to criticize and be criticized.

Religion does not allow criticism.

If we are to overcome racism or whatever problems there are with whatever, people ought to be allowed to speak their minds without being canceled. I mean, we are speaking about reasonable people who can understand the difference between right and wrong and therefore can change their ways.

There is also the problem, that basic literacy clearly has gone down the tubes.

What has the FSF accomplished in recent years? I can't really think of much besides the distro and RYF certifications, which don't seem to do much to actually advance software freedom.

Perhaps shift their focus at least partially from moral libre preaching to free software problems and aspirations users have in their lives, that is, free/libre is good and all, but supporting and fostering actual enthusiastic groups of users who are capable of tangibly improving said software is more important, since the free/libre idea without good software and good independent communities will remain vacuous and merely moral. I've been wading through software directories on fsf.org and didn't find any evidence of FSF's vivid interest in cool, inventive, modern free software. It's a lukewarm, apathetic, slapdash approach, lack of competence, outdatedness of everything, which is quite telling - we're talking about supposed software enthusiasts here! The moment you bring up these things, certain free/libre preachers will tell you that you're on the "wrong side" and only understand open source, but not "true" libre approach and therefore can't see past the open source "good software" outlook and grasp the idea of software freedom etc. etc. as if software quality and software freedom don't go hand-in-hand.