While space may be infinite, the parking spots closest to the door ain’t - why are we even talking about letting commercial entities taking up so much LEO space

While space may be infinite, the parking spots closest to the door ain’t - why are we even talking about letting commercial entities taking up so much LEO space without some kind of ride share clause? This is ESA we are talking about, a pan-national agency working solely for the common good of humanity. Should they move for a prototype of the next AT&T global monopoly?