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@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ via [\#canoeboot IRC](https://web.libera.chat/#canoeboot)
 on [Libera](https://libera.chat/) IRC.
 
 Canoeboot is maintained in parallel with Libreboot, by the same developer.
-You are strongly advised to use *Libreboot*, but a certain minority may
-prefer Canoeboot, which is essentially a *censored* Libreboot (no binary
-blobs allowed, so only few boards supported whereas Libreboot supports more
-boards while minimising the number of blobs to zero when possible).
+Strictly speaking, it is a *fork* of Libreboot, but with a twist:
 
 Canoeboot is provided for the purists who absolutely wish to have no proprietary
 software of any kind. Regardless of any other firmware that exists outside of it,