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For sure. The difference is in who the owner is and what their track record in regards to FOSS is. Putting the 19 years of BDFL's Canonical ownership together, I think he's generally been okay. The core products have always been open source and free for both commercial and non-commercial use. I don't know much about the private equity firm currently holding SUSE.
I guess that's a positive, but we really don't know what direction they'd take once the curtains close. Chances are profit maximization will be at the top of the list. It's unknown how that will translate in reality in the short and long term. E.g. would they be nice and give stuff for free early to steal customers from RHEL, tightening down the road, or cutting costs today to make a buck now. It's anyone's guess.
| the core products have been open source
They have been pushing more of the distribution into their proprietary app store format despite what the community says about it
At least Fedora and Flatpak does better...