When the context is "digital devices", it becomes pretty clear what it means. You should be free to use it however you want, without externally imposed restraints.
Locking down the device so much so users cannot run applications they've written themselves without the approval of the company who made it, isn't "freedom" as the required approval from the company breaks the "without externally imposed restraints" part.
Yea, this is a nice thought if you don't live in society. However, it falls apart pretty rapidly once you realize "your freedom to stops at my freedom from". So it's a non-starter.
Well, democracies are societies, and you have much freedom in (most of) those. Not sure where you live, but if possible, you can always try to vacation in one to experience it yourself :)
> "your freedom to stops at my freedom from"
I don't understand what this means, nor how it relates to having root access on your digital devices. Could you possibly explain this again? I want to understand.
"Freedom" is also a terrible argument for this. What does it even mean? Freedom from what? Freedom to do what? It's such a meaningless word you're going to lose half your audience just by bringing it up.