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can I be a Free Software advocate but still use non-free software?? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by 01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm asking this because one time, while browsing the GNU website, I noticed that some of the members' emails had "gmail" on them!! And I asked myself how would that be possible?? And I think other members of the FSF had Gmail too. Why? Richard Stallman is against Gmail, so why would those memberse use it?? Would that mean I can use non-free software while advocating and loving free/libre software??

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[-] zacher_glachl@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Unless you jump through a crazy number of hoops, your domain just gets blacklisted by every spam filter under the sun.

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