These corporate interests are the reason it works so good. If you read into the Linux mailing list, major lifting is done by these companies.

Intel, AMD, Suse, Red Hat to name a few, all they follow are their corporate interests.

Some things just need money to be thrown at, i don’t have a problem with benefiting from money of corporations. It also makes it more accessible for people who are not able or willing to pay.

There are paid distros already out there, but there will always be the option to ignore them.