powerless and dependent on them. There's no time at which this is more
evident than in the holiday season, when they martial all of the
advertising at their disposal to sell us things that we don't need --
- and worse, products that don't respect our <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw/">basic freedoms</a>.</p>
+ and worse, products that don't respect our basic freedoms.</p>
<h4>This year, choose freedom</h4>
- <p>This year, we advise you to end that cycle of forced obsolescence and user exploitation, and opt to try running <a href="https://gnu.org/free-sw">free software</a> on a device you already own. If you're unlucky enough to get a gift that doesn't respect your freedom, you can still <a href="https://h-node.org">help others avoid it</a> by documenting its ethical pitfalls.</p>
+ <p>This year, we advise you to end that cycle of forced obsolescence and user exploitation, and opt to try running <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw">free software</a> on a device you already own. If you're unlucky enough to get a gift that doesn't respect your freedom, you can still <a href="https://h-node.org">help others avoid it</a> by documenting its ethical pitfalls.</p>
<p>Let your loved ones know that you respect their freedom and privacy
too much to cave for the newest Apple, Amazon, or Google device, and
give them the one gift that keeps on giving: freedom.</p>