Broadcom might be the worst. Firmware uploaded to a device CPU isn't really a problem as long as the blobs can be distributed, pretending that adding flash to

Broadcom might be the worst. Firmware uploaded to a device CPU isn't really a problem as long as the blobs can be distributed, pretending that adding flash to every gadget to store the same blob makes a gadget better is just naive. I for one would prefer stateless peripherals.