This isn't quite correct. The Free Software flawed conception of a "user" includes megacorporations, which have a lot of power.
The article's critique cuts somewhat independently. E.g., some counterexamples from the article: FOSS browsers stuffed with DRM and spying because they can, and commercially-licensed games which don't.
While they may have the same license, the motivation of each is almost an exact opposite of the other.
One aspires to make the user of the s/w the primary beneficiary, the other aims to make profiting from the s/w the primary benefit.