>One reason he doesn't browse the web is that non free software javascript would somehow hurt him.
I run a script blocker and ad blocker for exactly the same reason. Do a quick google search for "malvertising" and you'll discover he's got a point.
Stallman is extreme in all things. He doesn't use mobile phones or credit cards either, IIRC. I can't afford to be as extreme as him, I use a pre-paid visa card for online purchases and temporarily whitelist scripts on the web as I need them.
However, companies like Google, Microsoft, Comcast and Paypal would have you believe that an existence without the products they are pushing is completely impossible, and I think it's both an important and worthwhile thing to be the man standing at the other end of the spectrum proving that they are full of shit. That's what Stallman is doing.
I run a script blocker and ad blocker for exactly the same reason. Do a quick google search for "malvertising" and you'll discover he's got a point.
Stallman is extreme in all things. He doesn't use mobile phones or credit cards either, IIRC. I can't afford to be as extreme as him, I use a pre-paid visa card for online purchases and temporarily whitelist scripts on the web as I need them.
However, companies like Google, Microsoft, Comcast and Paypal would have you believe that an existence without the products they are pushing is completely impossible, and I think it's both an important and worthwhile thing to be the man standing at the other end of the spectrum proving that they are full of shit. That's what Stallman is doing.