Exactly. And users help them by testing and submitting bug reports, posting on forums/lists, etc. So my question stands, why help IBM at all in any way when you know what that is feeding into?
"But the main reason is that there have been many issues surrounding the maintenance of ARM packages for Arch Linux, and that the Fedora team is both capable and willing to provide provide the support needed to provide a truly polished Linux experience on modern Macs (the main goal of the Asahi Linux project). By moving to Fedora, the Asahi team can focus on reverse engineering Apple hardware while the Fedora team can focus on maintaining the distribution itself on the Apple Silicon platform. This combination of Fedora with the Asahi boot components and drivers for Apple Silicon is called Fedora Asahi Remix."
This is a bidirectional relationship, the Asahi linux developers also benefit from the people and infrastructure in Fedora.
Guessing based on what, the assumption that people who complain never do anything useful? I won't speak for others, but I've submitted bug reports and patches to other distros and also avoid RH projects.
based on the person using a throwaway account to make the statement, coupled with the tendency for people to complain about things online but never actually file bug reports.