[pdimitar]

I have this theory that a lot of corporations know this but they don't want to be the pioneers who volunteer their money and man-hours, only for their competitors to then reap the fruits of their labour for free.

I can't prove it but I intuitively feel there's a lot of spite out there. Many people are unhappy with the status quo but are also unhappy with the idea to sacrifice their resources for everybody else -- and they will likely not only be non-grateful; they might try and pull an Oracle or Amazon and sue the creators over the rights of their own labour.

Things really do seem stuck in this giant tug of war game lately.