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Maybe mushrooms are still in the "build userbase" phase. Soon they will begin with the enshittification, raise the prices, put normal quality of life functions behind a paywall and add ads.
IIRC, this actually happens. When the balance is disturbed, the mushrooms go wild and destroy young sapplings. Could be I recall incorrectly and it's actually other species. I cannot recommend The Mother Tree enough, it goes into great detail of the history of research into this
Great book Made me consider how we give for granted that research is impartial while actually it is not