My $0.02. They should do whatever the heck they want for any reason they want and the outcome will always be the same in any and all cases, some will love it and some won't.
I've never read Justin or Schwa or the other guy who coded Reaper early on ever writing or implying anything about dominating anything, or leading anything, or beating anyone, ever. All of that appears to be end user projection.
In the interim, Cockos is just selling licenses and making money and most likely not spending any time thinking about that kind of nonsense.
