[solarkraft]

I can’t think of any example in which it has gone like this, but some in which it has: The most prominent in my mind would be software transitioning from “of course you get the code so you can extend it yourself” to what we have today (please correct me if I’m wrong about this, I’ve only read about it).

Users at large (individuals and companies alike) don’t care much about a freedom taken away when a product is a few % better than another, so the biggest player sees if they can get away with it. And once they do it, everyone else does too.