@Codhisattva Yeah, but they didn’t even do that from the goodness of their hearts. They just wanted to unseat Apple who had beaten them to the punch (and they succeeded; at least for a while). Google used the same strategy with Android. And, once it was successful started doing what these companies do: started closing off Android by moving new feature development into the proprietary Google Play Services.
I guess my point is we need fundamental change in funding, success criteria & structures.