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I understand and use free (libre) software whenever I can. I'm more curious as to why you believe proprietary software specifically is a scam.
They seem to want to be obstinate, so while I don't agree, I'll take a stab at answering the question:
The link they posted has this bit right at the top:
The fundamental belief seems to be that however you obtained the software, paid or not, you should be free to do literally whatever you want with it.
Where I really disagree is that proprietary software (like half of the answers in this fucking thread lol) are fundamentally not scams. A "scam" implies something that one party, the patsy, is not aware of.
Weird, I did a ctrl+F and "scam" didn't come up anywhere.
Maybe explain your basis as to why you believe proprietary software to be a scam?