For me, including firmware as software is where the movement loses me. Do we then move on to microcode? Why don’t we need to know the VHDL or Verilog used for t

For me, including firmware as software is where the movement loses me. Do we then move on to microcode? Why don’t we need to know the VHDL or Verilog used for the chips? If I buy a computer designed using non-free software, isn’t that just as bad as buying shoes made in a sweatshop? My problem with applying principles to an artificially low level is that it lays bare the inherent dishonesty in the principle. In sending this message, an unknown but certainly non-zero number of proprietary systems will be invoked. Can RMS ethically post on Lemmy from any platform? Why is this ok? And if it is, why can we not use web pages that rely on transient but nevertheless client-side JavaScript?