Who will pay for protection of privacy if therere free apps in the market that do it?
The ones who needs more than what free versions can offer. In addition, not all the products developed within the framework of STEEL ecosystem will have analogues, Im not even mentioning free analogues.
However, for example, a browser does already exist, so the team shouldnt release it. Itll just waste the resources.
I hasten to make you glad the team isnt planning to release its own browser. At least, theres no info about it so far.