On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:38:37AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
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> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
> 
>   > was, but it was also before the Node and before JS become ubiquitious in
>   > every application,
> 
> People can use web apps if they wish, but please do not tell people
> that that's all there is nowadays.  GNU/Linux has plenty of
> applications which users install on their own computers and contain no
> Javascript.
> 
> That old way is also the way that is good for users' control of the
> software.  Distros package the program and offer their own versions.
> In doing this, they audit the code.  Not completely, but it's still a
> good thing.  The distros compete but also learn from each other.  That
> is the way in which our community traditionally protects itself
> against malware and bugs.
> 
> "Web applications", even if their code is released as free software,
> structure a system of release and usage which has no room for distros,
> and this interferes with users' having control over the program.
> 
> A structure which precludes this is dangerous in practice, even if in
> principle it should not change anything.

Can't agree more (see my answer to your other post).

Cheers
 - t