the transition to gasoline was hard too but it was forced through as a way for Pacific/Standard Oil to make a killing (of people who's land they were digging up)
I thought bigotry was scapegoating a minority group because of the actions of a few members.
Do you value the time and quality of life of the billions who can't drive a Chevy, nor will ever have a device that can run an Electron app or $10/month for Spotify?
It's not all free as in beer you know, free software is meant to serve a free society by allowing everyone to participate in the social construction of technology, not provide consumer luxuries. I think the term you're looking for is "open source"