Software would not be "where it is today"; it would be a fundamentally different place. Many of us see that place as being far better than what we have. It's

Software would not be "where it is today"; it would be a fundamentally different place. Many of us see that place as being far better than what we have. It's strange to me that you mention Google and Apple, because in both cases they built their empires largely on using open-source software that was available to them, and keeping some software closed isn't obviously relevant to their business model or success.