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imagine actually thinking this is a bad thing, i'd take ideology over functionality anytime possible
The argument was specifically about Nvidia drivers. I think it is fair to say that if you already have a Nvidia card, getting it to run with the non-free driver is ok. Buying a new card just because of Free Software ideology is worse than just using it for a while and buying a better brand next time.
On top of this, think about the alternatives if you're into gaming. You either lose a lot of performance or you need to replace your card. The former is a non-starter for many games and the latter is a waste of precious resources.
I spent 2 weeks almost trying to install the open source driver, but gave up and found that the NVidia driver installed almost immediately. I almost cried. I really wanted my system to be 100% open-source, but its never gonna happen for me. nonfree it is.
if you'd read it you'd see the author has no problem with people who choose ideology over functionality, only people that try to force others to.
I didn't read dude's blog/article and was drawn to FOSS/Linux because of ideology. But, functionality truly needs to be improved upon.
I'd still like to know why uninstalling xfburn takes other major, necessary programs with it. Same with Adwaita theme. Many other programs are like that, too. I no longer trust purge when removing a program, because it often takes too much with it and I don't always have the time to look up all of the files it says it'll take. If it didn't add it when installing, it should take it when uninstalling. I am grateful for Linux and FOSS, but having to spend an entire week to re-add everything after formatting my partition to re-installing to Debian 11 has gotten me frustrated. I think one problem is the communication or not working together problem. Filing a bug report on any FOSS is not easy enough and I'd bet most of us skip it.