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I get the idea that the FOSS outrage is not 100% honest. Not to say that they don't hold a strong pro-FOSS stance, but I think it's fueled by something else.
I think a lot of people are just plain annoyed with the way the Sync fans suddenly took over discussion all over Lemmy, and the FOSS position was an easy one to "legitimize" their opposition to this new crowd.
It's pretty normal to have people push back when there's such a vocal crowd about something. What's frustrating is how it's so polarizing that if anyone wants to express a dissenting opinion and have good faith discussion, they're usually lumped in with the massive circlejerk on one side or the other.