The somewhat-cynical answer (in addition to the obvious answer that it still is useful for employees of companies that buy it) is that this helps continue rebui

The somewhat-cynical answer (in addition to the obvious answer that it still is useful for employees of companies that buy it) is that this helps continue rebuilding goodwill among techies, hackers, etc. Much like their investment in open source, there is nontrivial ROI from marketing and reputation alone. They are probably trying to stay ahead of Right To Repair sentiment.