Thanks for making this topic. According to a presentation given by Hill at LibrePlanet 2013[1][2][3], free software isn't always practically better. You'll notice that Hill starts his talk by presenting *open source* arguments of user-friendliness, security, mass developer participation, and so on; but then, Hill states that, in contrast to open source projects and proponents, free software projects and proponents have advantage because:
* They promote our philosophy by its real goal, which is ensuring the essential freedoms that society ought to have. * They don't lie about what they're promoting. If they do get mistaken, it's because their source of information also was mistaken, and so they can take it up with that source, demand the source to change its position, or find another source. This has to do with two abilities: 1. The ability not to make ruinous compromises. 2. The ability to apply the free software philosophy criteria as a day to day basis. With the exception of the cases where non-free software can be used or recommended (which is generally restricted for development or temporary replacement purposes). I have also seen other references to back my claims, but I lost the link for an important comment made by onpon4 somewhere in the Internet. But, as far as I can understand, the open source arguments seem to be breaking apart, and here are the "cracks": * Free/libre and open source software isn't *always* stable. * Free/libre and open source software isn't *always* secure. * Free/libre and open source software isn't *always* user-friendly. * Free/libre and open source software isn't *always* accessible. REFERENCES [1]: https://cloud.openmailbox.org/index.php/s/amGwGbmpSX6cSth/download?path= %2FV%C3%ADdeos%2FEduca%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20e%20ensino&files=2013%20-%20HILL% 20-%20When%20free%20software%20isn%27t%20(practically)%20better%20(CC% 20BY-SA%203.0).torrent [2]: The reference 1 is a a trackerless torrent made by me and is in my public folder (where I share things I like and which are free software or shareable culture). If you want to visit the folder, or see why some link broke, or revisit it to see the latest updates, please see reference 3. [3]: https://cloud.openmailbox.org/index.php/s/amGwGbmpSX6cSth?path=%2F
