That would have addressed all my big concerns, yes. In fact, especially if it had a 7-day trial period or something there's no reason I wouldn't be down to pay

That would have addressed all my big concerns, yes. In fact, especially if it had a 7-day trial period or something there's no reason I wouldn't be down to pay for that - I'm making a living in their ecosystem after all. But personally for me the moment's past and that offering is still not actually available AFAICT. I no longer work with customers in their ecosystem much and the CentOS dealings feel too close to embrace-extend-extinguish for me to feel like championing them again.