Well I think I'll give my opinion on these topic. Probably much of what I'll
say has already been said but anyways.
If you can't make friends with other peoble because you don't use facebook,
skype or others then those people are not worth having as friends. Real
friends will always prefer to be face to face rather than depending on some
unnecesary digital technology, plus, if for some reason they are far away,
they would be flexible enough to use other methods for comunicating (email,
free alternatives to skype or even telephone).
I don't know how much you stay on the computer, but sometimes it's worth
going outside to the real world and meet real people. I don't know if it is
your case as you may have already done so but I thought it would be worth
pointing out.
About playing games or watching netflix, you rejecting it won't make netflix
go away, after all is your friend who is paying for netflix and all a company
watch for knowing how succesful they are is their income, I doubt they even
care about the views while they still are making profit. Another point is,
that person would watch that movie anyways as soon as you left. If someone
ask you to play a game or watch a movie and it is their equipment that is
being used, just join them, It won't harm you and you'll have a great time.
I have a similar situation but instead of being about software philosophies
is about religion (an even older topic XD). I'm the only atheist in a
christian school (Yes I know, sounds weird) but not because of this I go
everywhere telling people why the should believe in a divinity (God in this
case), I just let them believe in what they want. And I managed to make
friends, not a lot for sure because I am different to my classmates in many
ways, and while they know we dont belive in the same stuff, they just accept
me as I accept them. Maybe I was just lucky, but it is a point, If people
want to use non-free software, they are free to give their freedom to who
they want, it is not up to you to force them to change this doesn't mean you
shouldn't mention that propietary software is bad for everyone, but if they
hear your comment and don't feel interested in the topic just never talk
about it again as it will only create an uncomfortable situation.
It is ok to try to follow all the things that people like RMS say, like "I
won't even watch a film on a friend's computer because she uses netflix". But
as soon as it starts to hurt your social interactions you should start to
reconsider and give in a bit (while it is not your computing nor freedom
being affected).
Little note about being vegan/vegetarian: (You can perfectly ignore this)
there is no point in not eating meat for things like being in favor of other
animals, there is nothing bad with eating meat (as soon as you don't eat more
than your body requires). The Human Being is a omnivorous animal after all. I
too feel bad for other animals but I like to think that even if i didn't eat
that meat, the animal would have been killed anyways or worst, been killed
and then the meat thrown away making it's death worthless. Anyways, if you
prefer to still avoid meat it's fine, just don't forget to get all the
vitamins and other stuff that usually comes from meat from other
alternatives.
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software tgalbers2000
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