Freedom from protocols come from the guarantee of order without needing human governance and intervention. This way a system can operate based on a set of pre-established rules, without needing someone in charge. It executed on the ideal “the rule of law not the rule of men” — it isn’t about chaotic anarchy where anyone can do anything they want. Malleable protocols are not nearly as interoperable between clients as immutable protocols. Permissionless innovation is part of the picture but that’s just the precursor to crystallizing into the final goal, which is an immutable protocol. It’s sad this truth is being drowned out by the ignorant proclamations from charlatans and shitcoiners who embrace chaos and ignore the need for immutability.