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> The GPL protects the freedom of the users while MIT-licensed software can be easily rug-pulled or be co-opted by the big tech monopolists.

That is not at all true. If someone were to change the license of a project from MIT to something proprietary, the original will still exist and be just as available to users. No freedom is lost.



With GPL I can compile my own copy and use it with their software. They have to allow that. They also have to give me their sources, changes included.

MIT is a big joke at the expense of the open-source community.




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