Again, it’s not the availability of the “software”, it’s being forced to use it, when it uses resources, doesn’t actually do anything I need, and being closed source could have any amount of spyware in it without me knowing.
Look I’m not telling you it’s a good thing, I’m just saying why they do it. That’s how the business works, that’s how the business has worked for a long time, and there’s no reason to think the business is going to run any differently in our lifetimes.