> the freedom to change a program, so that you can control it instead of it controlling you; for this, the source code must be made available to you.
We're a long way from that ideal today. Software controls us all the time. Usually that just leads to anti-consumer annoyances like lock screen ads or DLC seat heaters. But when the one controlling the software that controls you is a communist government...
Not sure what the short term practical solution to this is though.