It boils down to the ol' pragmatical versus ethical debate again.
a) Pragmatism dictates that in order to use the `new shiny' we use non-free firmware.
b) Ethical concerns dictate that no amount of `new shiny' is tempting enough to compromise our ideals.
I guess there are points in between and maybe these are poles in the debate with yer Stallman-types tending towards (b) and yer Torvalds-types tending towards (a).
I'd like a world without scary binary blobs and the Stallman in me chides me on my bad decision-making and lack of character. On the other hand, ooh look at the new shiny.
a) Pragmatism dictates that in order to use the `new shiny' we use non-free firmware.
b) Ethical concerns dictate that no amount of `new shiny' is tempting enough to compromise our ideals.
I guess there are points in between and maybe these are poles in the debate with yer Stallman-types tending towards (b) and yer Torvalds-types tending towards (a).
I'd like a world without scary binary blobs and the Stallman in me chides me on my bad decision-making and lack of character. On the other hand, ooh look at the new shiny.