There's an obvious economic incentive to put more than just the promised bare necessities behind proprietary lockins tied to the company. I'm absolutely not say

There's an obvious economic incentive to put more than just the promised bare necessities behind proprietary lockins tied to the company. I'm absolutely not saying the devs are malicious or greedy or planning to do that, but following such incentives is the whole raison d'être for venture capital that's now backing them.