If people stopped buying the proprietary version, manufacturers would make open products. They don't really care either way, they just make a bit more money with proprietary licenses.
So, the answer is: it's on you.
So, the answer is: it's on you.
You could reverse this and say that if open-source advocates would make usable products with features on par with commercial products, people would adopt them. There's a chicken-egg problem here.
People interested in these issues should read Working in Public by Eghbal, which is about open source culture and sociology. I just finished it.