Tyranny by complexity or: Not having the source code means:
		This page shows some examples why it is best to use Open-Source software.
		Not having the source code to the program you paid your hard-earned money* means:
			...If it crashes, I will never know why it crashes, and I'm not entitled to work on to fix it, even if it helps someone else ...Your hard disk drive will thrash and thrash, and there's nothing you can do about it if you want to use this shiny closed-source program. ...a 1952 car can be taken apart to see how it works, so how come a computer program can't? No one got all greasy disassembling a program, and if you have a backup, it's put back together in binary form for you! ...the developer (DEVILoper) has free rule to shove his agendas down your throat, such as hatred towards your religion (whatever it may be); displaying agressive intrusive ads for stuff you'll never use; using the processing power of your own home PC over the internet to support terrorism (like cracking military codes) so you get arrested; making the $10 DVD player you spent $30 on (because of the patent restrictions) display previews and ads; making the gas pedal in your car not work if it thinks your speeding, etc... ...every unknown binary, especially on Microsoft Windows computers, has the potential to be  virus / malware / spyware / malicious code, and you won't know it until it'sl too late. (Of course, the rule "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is", should always be followed, and you might end up with a safe PC if you follow said rule). ...a closed-source program that's never updated will not be updated for at least 90 YEARS after the last time it was updated, which will be when the copyright expires. And that might not be even long enough (look what they did with GIF and MP3 compression!) ...give the programmer MORE money! and mabye he'll think of fixing those gaping security holes.
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