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Disagree. Their priorities are backwards.
Company A releases a product, it runs closed-source proprietary firmware on-board, and it can't be updated by the user even if bugs or compatibility issues are found later on in the product's life cycle.
Company B releases a product, it runs closed-source proprietary firmware on-board, but it can be updated by the user if bugs or compatibility issues are found later on in the product's life cycle.
According to the FSF, product A gets the stamp of approval, product B doesn't. That makes no sense.
I have seen enough devices get kneecapped by the manufacturer after release to know that the FSF's viewpoint is the correct one.