I most definitely agree overall with the premise due to the inclusion of open source in the discussion. Since I believe that open source is that almost perfect

I most definitely agree overall with the premise due to the inclusion of open source in the discussion. Since I believe that open source is that almost perfect compromise between ownership and paying for a service. Usually it's been the piggybackers that have been one of the driving force of "ruining" the red hat model of providing the support as the main revenue stream. Setting aside that, I believe however this is also comes down to what the industry kingmaker (i.e. the ones who provide the services) promote as their promise to the developers. As an example, unity saw a massive shift away due to the decisions of including new ways of monetization of the developers. However if say Google, Amazon or Microsoft would've done a similar drastical change a lot would probably still stay with them because of the general requirements needed to run your own cloud but also because it's more "expected" despite how frustrating it is.