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Usability is important, yet not *crucial*. It is often in the hands of people with large resources. Most of the it time amounts to having software making choices instead of you.

Balancing techno-ethics and software freedom by "usability" is i think a fake dichotomy.

Like balancing freedom and security to justify anti-terror measures restricting freedoms and agency. One cannot pretend to trade one for the other.

(Jefferson mode: ON - "He who sacrifices freedom for usability...."?)