Turns out that identifying a problem doesn't help without a workable solution/alternative.

What is RMS’ solution to this problem?

Root mean square?

Indeed, occasionally hammers do find nails to hit.

If RMS said not to trust Google's self-proclaimed altruism and relationship with open source, yeah. I always assumed that was a backstab waiting to happen. But that only meant I used an iPhone and didn't care that it was more closed than Android, not that I got an Arch Linux phone or something. (And a Mac more importantly, but there's not really a Google counterpart to that.)