And again, the same old propaganda of " 'free' equals 'beautiful' and 'progressive' ". Ha! The whole internet rests on open source and free software. Most of the servers, major websites, gadgets and infrastructure, all major capitalist platforms (from Facebook, Google to Wikipedia) ... they all rely on or use use open source and free software, as governments use them for spying and surveillance... No globalisation without the internet, and no internet without open source. The effect of free software is primarily capitalist control, oppression, exploitation. That some tinker boys can play with their pet projects and advertise them in colourful images of tech as liberation is not just propaganda but the exception that proves the rule. They pose as deflection, and in their propaganda they mask how they contribute to making the world worse and more unfree. The free software community, in 40 years of activity, truly did more harm than good. So no reason to celebrate, and no reason to frame it as liberating. At all.