[dontupvoteme]

They do that because it's required of them out of sheer necessity, but it's the absolute bare minimum they can do because capitalism dictates it so

Just like you might imagine a leech could evolve some attribute to help defend its host against other predators.

I can't speak on the elastic vs open search topic though - does being part of the fiefdom of amazon work as a survival strategy?

[halJordan]

But this just isnt true, and hasnt been true. There are bad companies out there: There are also good companies out there. This reductive "every company is capitalism and every capitalism is evil" mindset for sure feels good, but is wrong. And there's really no further argument beyond a simple denial until you decide to take cognizance of the ecosystem you're detracting.