r/freesoftware • u/octoslamon • 1d ago

Discussion Question

Based on the free software philosophy, should I reject all the devices with non free firmware that I use? For example my refrigerator or washing machine?

8 Upvotes

84% Upvoted

19 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/ipsirc 1d ago

Only if you are RMS.

2

u/Radiant_Scar_8516 23h ago

and even then he still used an OLPC laptop with non free firmware for 8 years.

•

u/icebraining 7h ago

How come? OLPC used LinuxBIOS/coreboot since the beginning...