You are right, they will never do something considered good for the public or research, just because they want to retain their dominance and maximize profits.

You are right, they will never do something considered good for the public or research, just because they want to retain their dominance and maximize profits. For example, my old university needs to pay in order to access papers, which they sent in and paid to publish. It's completely crazy. Fortunately there is https://arxiv.org/ https://arxiv.org/ and similar sites. And most researchers are happy to provide you their papers free of cost if you ask.