We won't ever be free until we can compete with chipmakers ourselves. We can make free software at home but making computer hardware requires billions. Maybe one day it will be possible to manufacture chips at home.

I understand that, just wish it wasn’t true.

> probably under pressure by the NSA.

Probably? Do you have a source for that claim? Show me evidence that the NSA pressured for silicon level back doors.

Why would the government backdoor or cripple the security of their own machines?