The Pentagon does not have effective control of its contracts or its inventory.

Amazon closes customers' accounts, which implies confiscating their money, if they return too many defective products.

The company refuses even to discuss why.

Protesting against right-wing extremists and Trump sometimes plays into their hands. Sometimes it is better not to give them what they want.

The US (or rather part of it) Is Becoming a Terrifying Nation for Women.

The US government has made companies hand over proprietary software source code so it can search for bugs to attack.

With proprietary software, you're forced to put your trust 100% in a company that couldn't protect you if it wanted to. And code-signing by the company won't do any good if the NSA forces some employee to hand over the signature key.

With free software, you are assured that the NSA can't get anything that you don't get.