As Andrew has said, the free drivers have come a long way but many, if not most, still depend on the binary blobs for 3D functionality. It may not be that the Free Software community doesn't care, as much as the lack of source for the binary blobs may be limiting the development. It may also be a matter of the community applying the available resources in way that benefits as many users as possible. If we take the Free Software principle of transfering control from the hands of the developers (proprietary approach) into the hands of the users (Free Software approach), then failing to address your needs as a user is a failure to apply this principle.

One things manufacturers do listen to is market share. You can bet that if Free Software users were 80% of the market instead of

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