Again, you argue from a technical point of view, i from a practical point of
view.
I guess, in the free software movement, there are a lot of different camps.
For me, software should be free so that it can't act nasty towards people,
i.e. spying, refusing to work etc
and also for security's sake.
There are people who have more of the "hacker spirit"; like: they won't
accept anything that doesn't let them play their own programs on it, if it's
a pc.
I'm not one of those; i'm not a hacker.
That said, one always has to see that there are different degrees of
restriction and it depends on each person if the situation is acceptable or
not.
For me, the n64 is a device that should play my old n64 games, and it does so
without complaining. It does not impose drm in the sense that it refuses to
play games that i lend from somebody. I don't have to enter my data or
anything.
It does what it should: play the game. And at the same time, it's not a
privacy or security risk, and it's also not a potential computer for me (just
too old).
And I really don't think that old video game console are "as unethical as any
proprietary program".
Just think about how a recent proprietary program can harm its users; spying,
drm, refusing to do a practical work etc
compared to that, old video game consoles don't harm me personally at all.
