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FSF Giving Guide: Freedom is the greatest gift of all
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by Greg Farough
Published on Nov 18
2021 05.54 PM
It seems like the usua
holiday sales
earlier and earlier: Not
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content with just hammering us with ads
certain megalithic companies
named after large rivers or fruits try to foist their
deals'
on US as soon
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as they can: Given the degree to which our lives are mediated by
technology its no surprise that so many holiday sales focus on
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"devices_
that catch-all name we've given to those computers that run
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in our
pockets_
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and
living rooms.
Yet before You cave t0 pressure,
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you should make sure that gift isn"t putting your friend or family member
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under unjust control:
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the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has
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published
Ethical Tech Giving Guide as
way tO help concerned
individuals make sure that the gift they might plan on giving their loved
ones doesn't deprive them of their freedom: It's natural tO want the very
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best gift for that special person in your life.
It's also natural t0 want that
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gift to last them as long as possible_
But if you plan on giving any
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devices; its important to carefully consider the gift that you choose and
the message
sends_
The Amazon Echo or Chromebook that youre
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buying today has
good chance of being obsolete in the next few years
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and more importantly; could set your friend
family member's digital freedom back even longer
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Freedom is the best gift you can give
and the one that keeps on giving
Rather than purchasing that new gadlget we
encourage You t0 take the time to explore installing free software on one your friend or family member already owns_
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Taking your first steps to freedom often doesntt just help you win back your digital
autonomy: it provides an opportunity
for you tO dleepen your relationship with the ones you care about through
shared learning experience
and inaugurates
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you into
worlclwide community of users.
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This year; we've bolstered the Guide with new recommendations on DRM-free media for you and your loved ones to
newsletter; the
enjoy including publishers and storefronts that respect software freedom at the same
such as
Nantucket E-Books,
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publisher and writing platform interviewed in this season's upcoming Free Software Foundation Bulletin_
Taking a step forward
The 2021 Giving Guide is
helpful and practical tool we create every year t0 highlight issues with technology that other
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tech gift guides dont touch_
Can you join our effort as an FSF associate member? Yu can start for as little as S10 per
month ($5 for students) , or $120 per year With your support we can continue paving
way t0 user freedlom and create
practical
tools like these that people can use to help
them closer t0 software freedom:
Besides that, your associate membership gives strength to the idea of free software.
No other organization stands for
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this idea like the FSF does. The more members we have, the better we can defend everyone's freedoms against the
largest companies and governments on the planet and this starts with achieving our fall goal of 500 new associate
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We hope that youIl take the time to share the Guide with your friends family, but more importantly; we hope that you'll
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