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By far the best argument for Free Software, currently, is proprietary software. Corporations aren't content to simply rule the roost, but must gain ever tighter control. Now, they don't even want to sell software, but rent it indefinitely. People complain about being able to purchase support for software, but I can see a future where it's easiest to do that with Free Software. I need not even explain how these corporations gladly accept money, and still spy on their customers and leave them beleaguered by advertisements.
Make no mistake, proprietary software is going to fuck itself over eventually, because this is what capitalism tends to do. Currently, corporations are most preoccupied with subverting Free Software so there are no alternative choices, but this may very well fail, so long as we and others resist it well enough, and make certain to pull back the curtain and reveal the real criminals behind this.