Rustup being the mechanism to install the Rust Platform does not mean that installing the Rust Platform is required to use Rustup. Rustup is an existing tool th

Rustup being the mechanism to install the Rust Platform does not mean that installing the Rust Platform is required to use Rustup. Rustup is an existing tool that installs Rust for you, and it's highly likely that you'll be able to use it in the future to install just Rust or to install the whole Rust Platform at your discretion. > Is there a monetization scheme behind this? Does someone aspire to be the Canonical of the Rust ecosystem? This seems like a complete non-sequitur. I have no idea what you're trying to suggest here.