Because maker culture represents a very small niche within the broader category of people who enjoy making things, and the things that maker culture wants run c

Because maker culture represents a very small niche within the broader category of people who enjoy making things, and the things that maker culture wants run counter to the company's own business interests. For example, Cricut probably has a very strong interest in not opening up their devices, because, while they're the most popular consumer device in this space right now, they don't have much of a natural moat. Keeping things closed makes it harder for current users to switch, which, in turn makes it harder for a competitor to compete. Even if they have a technically superior product. This artificial moat is probably much more valuable to them than the lost profits from being less attractive to people who are into both scrapbooking and Hacker News.