The average user doesn’t give a crap about foss, so I think the reasons aren’t about the openness itself.

A big one is always the network effect

Even better are the three-finger swipe gestures on the laptop trackpad

And the other Linus?

Unfortunately there are people in the EU continously pushing for mass surveilance laws

How does federating two public instances enable spying

free market and rules of the people in one sentence?