> In a large corporation, their boss would swing by and tell them customers need that tool, and it can't be removed willy-nilly.

Didn't the bosses at Microsoft recently[1] nerf an already-implemented free/community .Net feature (edit: Hot Reload) so it could be a Visual Studio exclusive? Yes, they reversed course after a getting blowback, but I don't think your assumption about bosses championing for (all) customers is correct.

1. https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740701/microsoft-dotne...

2. https://www.thurrott.com/dev/258605/microsoft-backs-down-fro...