Are all fabs like this?
Leading edge nodes are basically black magic and are right on the edge of working vs producing broken chips.
You as a customer would never want to be in a position where you are solely responsible for yields.
Nobody wants to give away trade secrets, so everything remains proprietary and behind an NDA until it has become completely obsolete.
[0]: https://www.skywatertechnology.com/sky130-open-source-pdk/