The problem is that these firmware images are user-specific. Think of ergonomic keyboards[0], with a lot of dual-use keys, key combinations, macros, and layouts

The problem is that these firmware images are user-specific. Think of ergonomic keyboards[0], with a lot of dual-use keys, key combinations, macros, and layouts tailored to the user's intended use case. The configuration is baked into the firmware itself, so you can't just serve a single firmware image to everyone via LVFS. [0]: https://www.zsa.io/voyager https://www.zsa.io/voyager , for example