Just a reminder of what is being asked here

Posted Aug 18, 2006 4:59 UTC (Fri) by bajw (guest, #11712)
In reply to: Just a reminder of what is being asked here by Erich_J_Ritzmann
Parent article: Linuxs iPod Generation Gap (Red Herring)

Not all Linux users are also developers. I never develop anything except an attitude, and I try to avoid doing that.
Speaking only for myself, I view Eric as having become a shill for some outfit(s) that want me to buy my computer, but them to own it. That is not a bargain I am willing to participate in. For my own preferences, no movies, no music, no anything else so restricted is worth my hard earned money being effectively given away to those who would use it as a lever to gain control of the device I use to store my personal data. This same ubiquitous device is also what I use for most of my reading, much of my entertainment, and some of my livelyhood. It seems to me only reasonable that I own and control it.
It might be myopic idealism, but it seems rather practical to me.