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I’m not a big fan of this sort of pseudo-philosophical contrarian fence-sitting.
I mean sure, he’s not technically wrong, but it also implies that while Developers have the freedom to perform these rug-pulls (they do), the author simultaneously wags their finger at the people who have equal freedom to react the way they have.
Developers (companies) are not entitled to be free from criticism or backlash for acting shitty.
If I write some software and put it on my GitHub then you come along and install it, that does not mean we now have a contract the binds us.
What do you think the license is, exactly?
That’s just saying what you can do with the code. It doesn’t mean I owe you anything.
What did you think it meant?
It depends on what the license says, who owes who.