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Low Information Voter | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Confused is not the worst outcome. It brings the possibility of thought, and even knowledge-seeking. 

"Free Software" does not confuse.

"Free software" means ad-supported, tracker-infested garbage from an app store, to normies.

"Freedom Tech" is my favourite term, but "Open Source" is #2.
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cypherhoodlum🏴‍☠️ | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I like "open source" in most every day situations as a dev but when the discussion gets into rights and licenses then the actual meaning of the words becomes much more important
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Low Information Voter | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's true, but what we think "free software" means and what normies think "free software" means are not the same.

This is not going to get better. Please just confuse them instead!
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cypherhoodlum🏴‍☠️ | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It's unfortunate that gratis and libre share the same word in the english language