[...] I cannot remember any user (not DDs/NMs) having real issues with seeing non-free in the Debian FTP space.
Short memory. Don't some FSF machines use Debian? Maybe you don't care about that user, or consider their problems real, but I remind you of them anyway.
wonder how removing _modem_ drivers (essential to get internet
connection) from the official / semi-offical media
No non-free modem drivers would be removed from the official ISOs by this GR: they're not on there already. Is "semi-official" an invention of yours, or does someone actually claim it?
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