To the contrary. It’s never been a secret that all Blender add-ons are subject to the GPL… and it shouldn’t ever be. The Blender Market still thrives despite this. It thrives because we have an ethical community of people who both want to get work done and want to have continued access to their tools, not because no one knows they can get commercial add-ons without cost if they look for them.
Now… this thread is definitely starting to veer off-topic. If you want to continue this line of discussion, I encourage you to start a new thread. Feel free to link to it from this one. But at this point, let’s keep the discussion here on the specific topic of Blender Depot.