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The Document Foundation seems to be making the argument proposed by people like Richard Stallman that FOSS is not just superior to proprietary software, but that proprietary software is actually immoral. Obviously, most people don't agree with this extreme view. Companies are free to produce proprietary software, just as we are free to not buy it. I try to use FOSS options when possible, but if a superior software solution exists and is proprietary, I'll use that if it meets my needs better than any FOSS alternative.
Although I agree with them that a closed system like the iPhone is bad, because it puts too many restrictions on the user, I won't go so far as to say that the iPhone doesn't have a right to exist, and that Apple must be compelled to open its platform. That kind of reasoning can be used in other situations where we might not like the outcome, so we shouldn't use that kind of reasoning at all.
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