I don't care for companies dictating what can and cannot be done with MY property. I may not agree with certain decisions the OEM made on how things operate, and I should be able to change them to fit my needs. If I physically destroy the device by whatever I do to it, then I don't expect warrantee service (but this should not be possible by changing the software alone, or it's a design flaw the OEM should be held accountable for). Otherwise, I should be able to customize my device to my needs and desires without losing coverage for a faulty device, just like we've been able to do to PCs for decades. Never mind the environmental concerns of being forced to trash a device because the OEM won't provide what's necessary to resuscitate it should something go wrong. Providing basic information and software necessary to do so is simply the right thing to do.
I appreciate your passion, but I'm trying to understand the other side. Given your passion I hope you do too. Because I think we need to understand the other side if we want to argue our side. So let's wait for some responses and make sure we don't attack anyone that responds or discourage them. We need to understand why people make certain decisions if we're going to change things, not force people into our positions, especially by means of shame.
Nope it's because it's the only 4K of memory that BASIC did not use and that wasn't mapped under the system ROM; so it was a common place where to put assembly language code to be loaded with a BASIC program, or to be used while the BASIC interpreter was running. Cartridge ROM can appear at various places since they have access to the memory bus but $C000 can't be used as the only place for cartridge ROM.
