Comments by "LoneTech" (@0LoneTech) on "FUTO, my job, and frustrations with the vocal minority of FOSS cancer" video.

Incorrect. There is plenty of software that is respectful of user privacy and user rights, and additionally shared without demand for payment. With FOSS in particular (a rebranding of free software as described by the free software foundation) you have the right to study, improve and share it, not merely use it. Have a look e.g. at Debian's philosophy and social contract.
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@Sonny_McMacsson Those were not the source of the free software movement. It is a grassroots philanthropic response to hostile restrictions. For proprietary publishers (Microsoft being the main example), the restrictions exist to enforce profit (even when counterproductive, making people seek alternatives). For the free software movement, the sharing exists to retake control (of one's own tools and work). Note that money is not a factor for the latter, but dedicating significant effort requires not living in abject poverty.
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You can't necessarily count on it not spying on you. Open source allows you to do is find out and fix it, but it's no guarantee anyone went to that effort for you. Very much in the vein of right to repair.
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@thedave1771 New features, bug fixes, updates for compatibility with other changes all have value. It's reasonable to pay for those. That's drastically different from demanding everyone has to pay indefinitely for a chance to maybe keep what they have.
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While disposable income is nice, I wouldn't want to take away the right of people to share their creations and contributions freely if they so choose. I think we agree on something that Microsoft have been trying to hide and prevent for decades: If you buy software, it is yours. That's what buying is. With FOSS you get the plans too so you can study and improve it, as well as the right to share again.
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@davidgoodnow269 That spying on you is typically rightly illegal, regardless of what fantasies they dump in their "EULA". Just because you can make a profit doesn't make every venture acceptable.
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