(and not even speaking about this chip being needed to be there anyway because of the TPS65982 ;P)
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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.
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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The only problem with blobs is when they're not *redistributable*, and that's a deeper, much more problematic state. I sure hope all the blobs in the Librem 5 are redistributable.
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But the blobs are there anyway in much more places, even in the SD card or touchscreen controller - I doubt I have to explain that to *you* :P
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What's important to me is whether I have to reach for non-free blobs when I build software to run on the user-oriented execution unit, and whether those blobs run on that unit itself. Getting rid of blobs contained in the hardware is also important, but it's a next, distinct step
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