Re: [Trisquel-users] When is proprietary software bad?

[shiretoko]

"I'm not sure what you mean here. LibreOffice wasn't offered by Microsoft as  
an alternative. Microsoft only developed Microsoft Office."

No, you got me wrong. I　argued that proprietary software resembles D/s more  
than slavery because - instead of real slavery - it doesn't prevent people  
from breaking out by force.
You replied that people may be hold back since they need certain features of  
proprietary software. With "offering choices"　I meant features offered by  
proprietary software which a user might desperately need and aren't available  
elsewhere.
If a user needs ms office because of some specific feature, it's comparable  
to a slave who needs his slave owner in order to get food, but in principle  
is free to end this relationship - not real slavery, in my view.