Tools are neutral.
The way they are used is what is judged ethically and morally.
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And why then are some (including you) trying to create an alternative monetary (and data storage) system/network?
There are already systems, networks and tools doing that. All they are neutral.
Why are we losing life time on this?
Furthermore, inscriptions and in general arbitrary data storage (not accepted in social consensus) is an aggression of private property, and it is in legit right to self-defense against it.
Aggression of my property and my integrity is not a neutral issue.
I prefer and support the usage and advancement of Bitcoin for monetary uses. Can you provide clarity to your belief that im creating an alternative monetary network?
When it comes to arbitrary data, there are currently no other tools that provide for censorship resistant permissionless distribution and long term storage at a cost like Bitcoin. I wish there were as it would obviously be more ideal, but hell, we cant even get larger data in op_return to help facilitate referencing even IPFS or other resources
Your analogy to an aggression of private property appears weak as the same can extend to all forms of data copying and transfer where you are not the party sending or receiving or otherwise have no immediate interest.
Just because I support peoples freedom to use inscriptions doesnt mean I like the ways its being used. I think most would agree that inefficient embedded json for messaging, or storage of the same images over and over, or JPEG screencaps of pages of PDF files is a poor use of space. Likewise, those using it to create several thousand outputs per day that will never move effectively burn those sats and bloat the UTXO set. As a node operator, its the latter issue that is a challenge in the long term and this was problematic before Inscriptions.