@thatbrickster @sally >it means nothing if it offers an experience that is objectively inferior.
Yes, sometimes free software isn't functionally as good, but it at least respects the users freedom.

If you teach people to only care about functionality, what do you think happens every time they're offered convenient looking proprietary malware?

>See Loops vs. TikTok for what I mean.
Both are garbage nobody should use, considering that Loops is proprietary software too.

>most people aren't technical
If you aren't technical, you shouldn't be using a technical machine like a computer.

It's like saying that you want to use a calculator, but the multiplication function is too technical and you won't even try using it.

>appreciate good UX
A good user experience has the prerequisite of at least respecting the users freedom.

I quite like how free software gives me the freedom to choose how I would like to use it, rather than only permitting certain ways to use it.

Even if a proprietary master constantly tells the used that their experience is the best, that doesn't make it the truth.

>you are fighting a losing battle.
The battle is very tough, but we're certainly not losing, considering that our weapons of war are nothing less than 100% free software without any proprietary corrosion.

>when Free Software isn't the only reason to use something that doesn't meet every other requirement someone may have.
Not being enslaved by software is enough reason to use software that respects your freedom alone, even if it lacks in functional aspects (which I see less and less of).