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you can't say that. ubuntu is not anymore an uncompromised experience of free software. someone who's coming from non-free software is looking for security, he does not want to still have that feeling that a company is trying to screw him with dark patterns when he's using his computer.

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That's why I said if you plan to install the nonfree drivers anyway :)

There's arguably a big difference between non-free firmware (which is relatively isolated, and doesn't even run on the same CPU as the OS) and the user-facing stuff GP is talking about in Ubuntu.

You don't need to use or install that stuff though, stuff like snappy is totally optional... just like the nonfree drivers.

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