I am (or at least was) a big fan of the EFF. It is the first charity I can remember giving money to that I earned myself. However, I think they&#x27;ve gone in a direction of picking fights that are popular but a deviation from their original mission.<p>To me, the EFF is about protecting the internet and technology users from governments (or private entities) that don&#x27;t understand it.<p>Private companies cutting sweetheart deals with other companies that are detrimental to their customers is not a matter of rights protection. Adding new rules that prevent certain usages of technology is not an increase in digital rights, it&#x27;s a decrease. I wish EFF would instead focus on how we can create a regulatory environment that allows more competition than spend so much time advocating for popular ideas that are at best orthogonal to digital rights and sometimes antagonistic.