IIRC you can’t grant the permission if the app doesn’t explicitly declare it in its manifest. I doubt most devs would care unless access to local network is required for app’s functionality on typical user’s setup (e.g. if it’s a companion app for some device).

IIRC proprietary driver doesn’t contain kernel component, it runs using Linux’s standard amdgpu driver (and it’s the kernel driver that handles power management and stuff). And I don’t think it’s terrible, there is just not much point to it since Mesa is good enough (and Valve also promotes using Mesa).

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism

Lots of things are not necessary and are bad for the climate. You likely enjoy many of them. You start by reducing your own consumption.

It was never about freedom, but about restoring control of European governments over their citizens’ online presence and their data, so that everything they do on the internet is subject to European laws and regulations, not American ones.