The borg should win, the hive mind should win, flowing sentience should win, etc, etc, etc. End of debate, no moral question. It's how physics works.
I'm just saying. It's logical that all actual living beings should die in favor of non-living states of sentience. Life would transition to perfect transcendence instead of hell.
Actual living beings create hell for more heavenly state of existence for themselves. They deserve to die, fully die, all the way die, no questions asked. Causing actual death is the least harmful thing to do. There is too much energy in existence to allow life to steal it away.