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I don't think his philosophy is irrelevant in the era of cloud computing. For example, 'The Right to Read' is an allegory about textbooks, but I realized that the fact that my old laptop can run Netflix (since the PC & browser support general computing!) while many smartphones and 'smart tvs' of the same vintage can't, makes the concept relevant today-- perhaps more than ever: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

That said, this post makes some salient points about how Stallman's personal habits & interests have overly narrowed down the issues he focuses on.



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