Oh c'mon. Anybody who's anybody who wants to pay the terminal fee can play too. As far as I understand it, sales/marketing at Bloomberg like it that way. Thou does protest too much.
This is silly. When your $2000/month doesn't give you $2000/month value for all the stuff it has ... Feel write to write a complete replacement or complain to sales. Complaining isn't an argument, so you prob won't get far there. Now you can also write your own with smaller scope. That's totally legit. But don't write it's Bloomberg like or as expansive. People in the biz know better much better. You know darn well you would not charge 2, 20, 200, or $750/month for a complete replacement you wrote ... Who'd invest knowing the zillions you spent making it and with investors knowing bbg set a higher benchmark with reason?