The GNU.org website has an interesting post in the "GNU Project Philosophy" category. In a few words it describes its software Microsoft as malware. Together with Microsoft, it also reports Apple and Amazon.
We can not know why these statements are on the GNU.org website, but what gives them particular weight is the fact that the site is backed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) or the Free Software Foundation.
The Free Software Foundation is committed to developing and promoting software for the needs of users without seeking a profit. The event allows the Foundation not to cheer on its words.
To be fair though, we should mention what it defines as malware the Free Software Foundation.
Proprietary software is often malware [1]
- "malware": translation of the root term “malware”.
The FSF states that "Malware means software that is designed to work in ways that misuse or harm the user." It makes no mention of the fact that some users may already know what is going on in their computers.
Continuing, FPS reports that Windows systems have a hidden backdoor and that in Windows 10 it is used to automatically install updates, but also to remotely disable applications. Microsoft continues to first notify the NSA of security vulnerabilities before addressing them, and it stops the release of Windows XP, with the exception of a few Companies who continue to pay.
As you can imagine, the Foundation also mentioned the default Windows 10 settings, which allow Microsoft to spy on its customers, that disk encryption in Windows 10 sends the keys to Microsoft, and that OneDrive allows the company NSA to directly check user data.
Apple and Amazon did not escape the GNU.org website, but the allegations are "mistakes" in front of the "crimes" of Microsoft.
