Presumably the don't want only old rich people and empty seats. Otherwise you could self-scalp all the tickets at the highest price possible, maximisung revenue for a single gig but making it so unfun/bad press that you come off worse.
> First off, the drivers in the vendor BSP are simply not at a quality level that would be accepted upstream.
You're quite right, morally and practically. I can't help but wonder though, if the like of Rockchip or other big faceless chipmakers released whatever inadequate source they had, that it wouldn't somehow end up in a nice upstream high-quality driver.