&gt; However I still disagree with you on the point of standing against Apple for their &#x27;evils&#x27;.<p>We&#x27;ll have to agree to disagree here---I don&#x27;t want it to seem like I&#x27;m showing disrespect toward your opinions.<p>&gt; I find it hard to see how someone reconciles a belief in freedom with an agenda that involves standing against Apple.<p>Apple is exercising a _different_ kind of freedom---a broader set of freedoms, to which they are certainly entitled.  Free software represents a small subset of those freedoms---the four freedoms which are designed to protect the users, not the developers.<p>It&#x27;s important to educate others on both the free software community&#x27;s philosophy and on the problems with Apple so that they can have that comparison, and so that they can avoid Apple&#x27;s products if they decide that those issues matter to them.  Apple has an advantage in the number of users---one we&#x27;ll never have---so we have no choice but to reach out.