Why should we? Why should publisher charge less when they can just charge the same amount and make more money?

If you look back in history:

• EA removed their Games from Steam and only sold them on their own Storefront (essentially 0% fee) for the same price.
• the price on digital vs physical stores stayed the same even though it’s way cheaper to sell digital

This and since many don’t know if the sync option is optional aka you can also keep everything local is you want to