That’s kind of the point. These cameras are not point-and-shoots; most people buy units for a specific workflow they already use or have in mind. With CinemaDNG

That’s kind of the point. These cameras are not point-and-shoots; most people buy units for a specific workflow they already use or have in mind. With CinemaDNG, this workflow can be based on almost any tool capable of working with raw capture. With CinemaDNG sneakily removed after the fact, those cameras turned into useless bricks unless one adopts a new workflow based on Blackmagic’s own tools (closed and paid with feature-limited free versions). You can see how it benefits BM’s bottom line and hurts FOSS.