New games with longevity in mind should only use public domain music.

Not really. If you treat Nintendo as a lost cause for the foreseeable future, voting with your wallet and not buying any of their products is good for your mental health. It’s about extricating yourself from an abusive business relationship.

Probably Skyrim because I haven’t finished Dark Brotherhood yet, the last major vanilla faction questline remaining

I use RSS to help decide if an item is worth reading or not based on the title

The lawsuit said the recordings are all available on authorized streaming services and “face no danger of being lost, forgotten, or destroyed.”

They face no danger until they do. Music in streaming platforms is always one corporate drama or profit-driven decision away from being removed. Netflix, anyone?