>These campaigns rarely stop anyone from using the technology that the FSF
badmouths.
Citation required.
>It just makes the FSF look like a bunch of whiny tech evangelists who
represent a minority of the overall audience.
Free software is a minority. And like any minority, it needs to be vocal if
it want to affect change. Sure we can argue the FSF could concentrate more on
the positive side of things. Personally I think it's actually one of the few
useful organizations pointing out the flaws. These things might be obvious to
you and me but probably not to most people.