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* For people who believe proprietary software is evil, Linux and other free/open source software can be a secular example. Quite a few packages exist solely to replace popular proprietary software, such as GIMP for Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
** Worth to note that most of these were never ''meant'' to be Moral Substitutes. GIMP, for instance, was created because Adobe [[No Export for You|doesn't port]] (Photoshop) or [[Bad Export for You|only lazily ports]] (*cough*[[Adobe Flash|flashplayer]]*cough<ref>(It was infamous for crashing any Linux browser outside Firefox... and even that on its bad days, amongst other problems.)</ref>) its products to Linux, which in turn was made mostly out of monetary reasons.
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* A whole industry of vegetarian products exists to provide replacements for burgers and bacon, among others.
* [[Nazi Germany]] pushed "moral" (for lack of a better word) substitutes throughout the arts and sciences.
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