That's pretty much my use-case too. I want my laptop, but smaller :)
Primarily, I want software I can trust, because I trust that the developers' motives are aligned with my own: a useful tool that I'm in control of.
In my experience, most Free software fits that bill; whereas most proprietary software seems more interested in persuading me to buy something or sign up for something that I don't want. (Most, not all; I can think of counterexamples.)
Bluntly, Free software is usually much less full of skeevy bullshit.
> Bluntly, Free software is usually much less full of skeevy bullshit.
Yes and it's amazing how much smaller, faster and battery-efficient it can be without all the marketing and tracking crap.
Most apps on F-Droid are a few MB as opposed to tens of MBs for the play store ones. Most are well written and efficient. The quality of these has really increased the last couple of years.
Primarily, I want software I can trust, because I trust that the developers' motives are aligned with my own: a useful tool that I'm in control of.
In my experience, most Free software fits that bill; whereas most proprietary software seems more interested in persuading me to buy something or sign up for something that I don't want. (Most, not all; I can think of counterexamples.)
Bluntly, Free software is usually much less full of skeevy bullshit.