@xianc78 I can't believe I missed the last part,
>you need to be pragmatic about this.
Yes, the whole idea of the GNU project is to be pragmatic, but not ruinously so; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.en.html

>Sometimes, you do have to work within the system before you can fully replace it.
Unix and other proprietary software was worked with and replaced piece by piece until finally everything was replaced.

You're saying it's a good thing to go backwards by adding proprietary software to a free system and then proceeding to never replace it?


Yes, I will point out that Arch is proprietary software to proprietary meme posters without fail.