I think I correctly interpret Tom Zander's comment as an admission that he thinks Bitcoin will have greater value if it is Centralized, Censurable, not Anonymous, and subject to diktat.

I think he may be nothing more than an elitist snake-oil salesman whose interest in others' opinions is solely for the purpose of virtue signalling.

At the very least he completely ignores the fact that there would not be a "entire, global market" for bitcoin if it were NOT open source.

He may as well assert that the price of gold would be higher if it wasn't so damn shiny.