It's not surprising when a linux distribution was taken over by a capitalistic firm, it decided to forgo good values, and instead prioritized profits over everything else.
> I really don't know how to fix this problem
Stop using software made by companies that do bad things. Improve the software that doesn't.
I don't really think that's realistic. I can of course use software from non-profits or something at home, but we all work for a living, and every single job I've had has relied on software from a for-profit company in one way or another.
I guess I don't have to be an engineer, but even if I were to go be a cashier at Taco Bell or something, I would still be stuck using a proprietary POS system.
Unless I want to go live in a unabomber shed off the grid, I'm probably going to be stuck using software made by companies that do bad things. The software world is overwhelmingly run by Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Oracle (and probably a few others I'm missing), all of which do bad stuff all the time.
I'm not even sure how that's really realistic in the US at least.
I think a lot of people with full-time desk jobs have a 401k or a Roth IRA, and most of those are stock-based (which is really the only way to make sure your money doesn't decay in value due to inflation), and those are generally going to be stuff like total-indexes or S&P500-based index funds.
There's probably technically something else you could peg it to, so that's probably not strictly true, but I think an awful lot of people are sort of buying Apple stock without fully realizing it.
> I really don't know how to fix this problem
Stop using software made by companies that do bad things. Improve the software that doesn't.