Comment by xpe

Some calibration is needed here.

“Authoritarianism is a _political_ system characterized by the rejection of democracy and political plurality.” - Wikipedia

When a company _sells_ you a device (that you choose to buy or not), it is _not_ about political freedom.

There are countries that are actually authoritarian. Let’s not blur the lines between that and a corporation. I can appreciate the free software movement as well as the right to repair and so on, but let’s keep things in perspective here. There are governments that jail people for dissent.