Hence why I said it was a sign of the future rather than a prediction. It's not going to get any better for software freedom, especially as we move into the cloud.
We live in a post-FSF world, I think people are taking for granted the bean counters playing nice with open source software.
We need software that works on the client side sans internet connection. Devices are really powerful these days so it’s funny things move to the cloud. It’s funny I’ve been using cloud storage for the past several years but I wonder why I don’t just back up to external drive or two. The convenience doesn’t buy much. I think folks really buy into laziness and technology hype. But fundamentally not much had changed in the software space compared to 20 years ago.
I still hold out hope that things will get better in the future. Eventually Moore’s law will truly end. We will have to stop once we run up against hard physical limitations.
Why is this a reason for optimism? Because it shifts the outlet for innovation elsewhere. Costs of manufacturing will drop as competition in the fab space increases. I think RISC-V is a sign of things to come. There is great potential for open and amateur hardware.
We live in a post-FSF world, I think people are taking for granted the bean counters playing nice with open source software.