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@wlaatje@social.edu.nl There is no freedom, nor any choice, if the educators force kids to use proprietary software. I'd argue those are bad educators, for they teach not a way of thinking, but to use a very specific program's way. To pretend there is freedom in proprietary software is nothing but lying to yourself and those you pretend to teach.

Your method of "force proprietary software on kids" has been tried for a long time, and there's no sign of it getting better any time soon. Kids now get force-fed Google and Microsoft services through their schools, their data shared with American corporations, with no way for them to object or otherwise opt out of these harmful practices. Choosing anything but free (as in freedom) software perpetuates this ridiculous situation.

If you care for education, and you care for your students, you will avoid any proprietary software. Learn from the mistakes of the past decade.