I agree, that’s a big issue. The US regime hires people to influence the Wikipedia organization, they choose the “reliable news sources”, mark some news outlets as fake news, and they edit articles about wars and so on to disseminate their propaganda. Also, the PATRIOT Act… As I wrote a couple months ago, we should end digital colonialism.

Scientific articles about math and stuff like that are fine.

Software can still respect your privacy and can be Closed Source.

Proprietary Software Is Often Malware.

developer or company of developers can remain in their jobs to continue development and refinement of said software.

There are many ways to earn money with free software.