Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability

"So really, when you think about it, they are running bleeding edge software versions that got limited testing, patched by people who know less about it than the original developer."

Really, when I think about it, I am aware of the amount of testing that goes into RHEL and feel fairly confident that if what I need is a long-term stable operating system it's going to meet my needs.

The original developer / project, in many cases, hasn't done nearly the amount of testing against what they've released vs. what ends up in RHEL. Calling it "bleeding edge" is silly. The reason many people want and pay for RHEL is because they know that there's additional testing vs. the vanilla upstream.

I would grant you that the original developer has more context for the original software. Whether they know more than the person patching it, overall, is not guaranteed. Whether they're better at security or fixing security issues is definitely up for debate.

You seem to be simultaneously arguing that you really want to run RHEL, and that it has little value, which is mystifying to me.