On 01 May 2022 at 05:45p, boraxman pondered and said...
I agreed that being able to use your hardware at a fundamental level was necessary, but the original point I was making was orthogonal to this.
It was that a sense of freedom at a higher level (at the application
level and higher) was based on the functionality the software gave you, the documentation that gave you, and the way in which the disparate
pieces that form your system can be put together the way you want.
You keep repeating that, but you have presented no
compelling evidence to support your claim and ignore
dis-confirming evidence.
To use an analogy, I was talking about your freedom to drive your car wherever you like, at any time you like, taking whatever route you feel
is good for you, whereas you're talking about the ability to start the
car at all. Yes, the former freedom is useless without the latter, but
it still warrants discussion.
To be blunt, I think you're more talking about the
freedom to select what fuzzy dice appeal to you more
to hang from the rearview mirror.
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