[icebraining]

I think this is an uncharitable reading of the page. rms' stance doesn't ignore the concerns of people, because it isn't a proclamation telling how people should live; it's just a description of how he lives.

The only parts that proscribe are the sections about DRM, and even those are not "you should sacrifice yourself to oppose DRM" but "only buy DRMed content if you can break it", which is more a personal advice than a moral commandment.

In general, rms doesn't tell software users they are bad people for using proprietary software or for allowing tracking; he's just alerting people about the dangers of doing so. His criticisms are usually solely directed at software producers and at the organizations that track people.

[studentrob]

There are plenty of places rms suggests other people follow his ways,

"let's reject any social networking site which insists on connecting an account to a person's real identity"

Or just search the page for the word "should" or "you"

I agree with him but let's not pretend he isn't proselytizing

[mariojv]

Fair enough. I think he comes across as looking down on people who use proprietary software, but you're right - the page is just about how he computes.