alt Hacker NewsIt replaces a proprietary component of your system with an open source one.
Reading https://libreboot.org/#why-use-libreboot might provide further enlightenment.
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close04 • yesterday at 10:40 AM
This answer is "do it out of principle". OP is looking for the practical considerations.
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That still doesn't answer the question of why it's better. Unless you're paranoid about an OEM backdoor, I think this is cool but not worth the effort.