Storing the blob in a dedicated place has other benefits as well - you don't need to care about integration and redistribution of the blob when you build an alt eMMC image from scratch, for instance. And it's not like this chip cannot be reflashed if someone really wants to.
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Notice that this is exactly the PureOS case - there's no non-free stuff in PureOS repos at all (like Debian main). That flash is IMO a very practical thing to have for a hackable FLOSS-oriented device. And worst case you just won't use it if you don't care.
We're back to square one. What's the *point* of those nonfree repos? Again, this is misrepresentation. Either you have blobs, or you don't. If you do, why is it so important that you stash them so the user doesn't need to care or know about them? Enable the damn nonfree repos.
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Like do you *realize* the blatant doublethink this whole thing reeks of? "Our users dislike blobs, so instead of asking them to enable blobs, were going to provide blobs in a way they don't have to care about so they won't be disgusted by our blobs"
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I couldn't care *less* what nonfree stuff is or isn't in the repos. I are about the code I run. Obfuscating things so some subset of highly visible components lacks blobs so you can put a feel-good sticker on it and convince more people this is better is not useful.
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