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for you and people like you of course . people whos care about software freedom of course choosing GCC.

Except the ones who want to do things that are 'forbidden' by RMS. Those people have no choice but to use LLVM. For example, a lot of academic work on compilers and languages can't easily use GCC, neither can people wanting to make more sophisticated tooling.

The point of GCC is having a good compiler available to everyone, for any use. Not to be embedded everywhere in the look-but-don't-touch fashion.

See also Linux kernels in most Android phones. That's exactly what GCC authors do not want.

a lot of academic work on compilers and languages can't easily use GCC

Could you explain why not? GPL-incompatible release requirements on the code produced? Admittedly it's not a very accessible codebase either.

I think it has to do with their plugins API, or lack thereof.

Clang currently supports my freedoms more than GCC with its political limitations holding it back.

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