"My thinking is: let them lock them down and after a few years, someone who genuinely values openness will come in as a competitor." To me this is akin to "let

"My thinking is: let them lock them down and after a few years, someone who genuinely values openness will come in as a competitor." To me this is akin to "let them do the bad thing, someone will surely come in in no time and the problems will disappear on their own"! Well, first, this is not (at least to me) an issue that we're not sure yet if it's good or bad and will know only when we'll have a competitor doing it differently to serve as a comparison base. This is a clear cut condemnable practice from the manufacturer's part, which does not have a positive impact for the society at large. We don't have to wait and let it happen. Second, if we'll let it be long enough, it'll get ingrained into culture. Then, even if future competition is to pop up, they won't have to only deal with an existing powerful monopoly living off a large margin or system, they'll have to also deal with how things got accustomed to be done (and a successful full scale disruption is never easy nor guaranteed). If you need an example for this, just look at the struggle electric vehicles manufacturers had (or still have) to endure.