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    Switching to GNU is possible in principle, but it's difficult,
    time-consuming and expensive.

Doing things that are difficult and/or time-consuming and/or expensive
in order to escape from proprietary software is precisely the way
to show people that freedom matters.  That is how you lead.  Developing
GNU was also difficult and time-consuming, and some aspects have been
expensive.