Free Software is Probably a Lot Healthier for You
Health is everything. Without it, there's no wealth. There's no dead rich person. A dead person isn't rich. A dead person is without life, without wealth, no capacity for happiness anymore.
So what does this have to do with software? Well, economic aspects aside (sometimes it costs more money to be a Free software stickler, e.g. no "big data" 'discounts' at stores), there's the aspect of reliability and a lack of shocking incidents like ransomware, predominantly a Windows problem. When people lose all their data, even temporarily, it can - and often does - cause trauma. This shortens the lives of people.
I've asked my wife why she thinks Free software contributes to health and while she generally agrees she turned to another aspect, a different angle. She said RMS (the father of the movement) is still alive and active, still giving talks in his (almost) mid 70s in spite of cancer. She has said Free software is so healthy that GNU turned 41 some weeks ago and it thrives on supercomputers, among many other areas of computing. There's no doubt that, at least in terms of market share, Free software is healthy.
Looking at the issue from a more negative direction, there are many examples of things that proprietary software does which are unhealthy or just detrimental to personal safety/health. The data collection, for instance, makes insurance policies more expensive (sometimes priced out of reach). Proprietary computerised cars are in many ways less safe. The "upgrade treadmills" and "planned obsolescence" are also contributing factors.
Does Free software help people live longer and/or live better for longer? That's debatable. It's also an issue/question with a comparability problem; on average, the people who adopt Free software aren't exactly the same demography as those who gravitate towards proprietary and there may be aspects of class/privilege. So taking something like average lifespan/longevity would mostly miss the point. For instance, the average woman - compared to some average man - is probably less (statistically) likely to embrace Free software. Some commentary about the reasons for it comes from women as well.
It would probably be wrong to attribute one's health to Software Freedom (or attribute illness to it), but an open-ended discussion about it merits a time and place. Similar questions have been entertained in relation to environmentalism, veganism etc. █