It would be insightful to read a “promises vs reality” piece about Monotype’s FontShop/FontFont acquisition. It’s been almost a decade now. 

Here are the promises:

https://www.fontblog.de/warum-fontfont-so-independent-wie-nie-ist/

https://www.fontblog.de/faq-zum-monotype-fontshop-deal-update/

And this is where we are now:

https://fontshop.cmail20.com/t/y-e-xlrkidk-ddguddyhi-q/