The point of &quot;doing your computing&quot; is the concept of freedom within the Free Software movement.<p>According to RMS, &quot;freedom is having control over your life&quot;. &quot;In a computer system there are just two possibilities: either the user controls the program or the program controls the user&quot;.<p>So, &quot;doing your own computing&quot; is &quot;having control over your life&quot;, and thus, having freedom.