unfortunately if everyone shouted all the good free stuff from rooftops, they would be gone.
I don't think it is possible.
I also think people are blowing this WAY out of proportion and don't even realize their own hypocrisy.
Extreme example: Jewish people happily drive Ford cars, even though Henry Ford was the only American mentioned in Mein Kampf, specifically for his hatred of Jews.
owner of said product has openly stated that they hate your very existence
Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most.
What’s the benefit for them?
Not being targeted by a President.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/29/business/ceos-trump-revenge-nightcap/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/politics/trump-prosecute-political-opponents/index.html
Why they wouldn’t want to please previous administrations?
Those administrations weren't targeting them.
I think it's always about the money, plain and simple. If there is a threat to their gravy train, they will bend over backwards to keep it going. Otherwise, they don't care about you.
does echo 3 | sudo touch /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches change the available RAM at all when this happens?
They might have pure motives but I have to wonder just how useful that is realistically. The rest of the world does not seem keen on following in their spirit.
The posted link does not appear to contain the same statement as what I read from the SFC:
Steck's work showed that despite being a "Lesser" license than GPL, LGPLv2.1 still guarantees users the right to repair, modify and reinstall modified versions of the software on their device.
This is why I believed that the lack of an anti-tivoization clause was being somehow retroactively applied to v2.
So LGPLv2 doesn't actually allow tivoization in Germany now? Am I reading that right?
I have nothing to hide
Ok, pull down your pants and hand me your unlocked phone.
Not letting people have opinions you disagree with makes me suspicious of how willing you would be to oppress others.