I think it's a problem created by consumers rather than the industry.
Folk buy into propreitary technology long before they realise they've become locked into it.
The best example we can see is iGarbage, there are plenty of volunteers prepared to turn up, enter into the corral just to get regularly milked. Even the limitless freedom that the Internet itself once promised is being squandered away by those prepared to buy into subscriptions provided by big business providing sanitized sub-sections of content that would likely be available for free anyway.
I don't think the DAW market is too bad because it's at the bottom of the food chain, licensed technology has to be cheap and or accessable eenough for it to get implemented at all, it does mean however that you'll likely need to link more than one app via a proprietary technology or at least use plug-ins that communicate via another one. I don't think there is anything creative that I can think of WRT to making music with a DAW that is being held back these days, most people should be able to find a good fit out of everything that is now available.
I don't think it's a business issue as much as an intrinsic part of humanity that likes the idea it's better to let someone in authority do it for them then pay them for the priviledge. It's much easier than thinking for yourself to donate $10 a month for a 'service' that's being provided for you.
It seems like a fair trade that convenience comes at the price of choice.