Richard Stallman isn't about freedom. In fact, the GNU is the opposite. True freedom means I give you my software and you can do whatever you want with it. Even if this means closing my changes to the world. The original software is not touched and is still free to be used under the GNU license. The BSD license is true freedom.
Instead, we have a license that most companies have to expunge from their code base because if you are even calling a function within code that is open sourced, your software must also be open sourced.
Stallman himself has said that he would prefer that open source get mandated by law and used in every organization. He loves all of the places that have had horrific human rights violations for decades and sees no problem with forced "freedom"..as long as it's his thoughts and beliefs that are being forced onto the people.
I'm so glad he is quickly becoming irrelevant.
"and made a fortune by encouraging people to want devices built using slave labor from raw materials whose extraction harms people living nearby. You need a new one every year, too.
Those 'slaves' probably wouldn't even be able to feed their families without companies like Apple. If you want to blame someone for the terrible conditions in those countries, blame the corrupt government. I never see the government take the blame..when they have the ultimate power. Why is that?
Also, you don't need a new one every year. I've had the same iPhone for 3 years and it works just fine.