I say yet again, if a company doesn’t provide a service or product to your liking don’t get all upset or put out, just choose a company with the service/product that suits you.
No single company can be everything to everyone. Stop putting that burden on Tesla. There are reasons Tesla does what it does regardless of anyone else’s understanding, and Tesla isn’t obligated to explain those reasons to any of us.
As has been explained already, Tesla clearly stated at the start of leasing that buy outs would not be allowed as those vehicles would be used for robotaxies. That didn’t come to fruition, so Tesla began selling those used, leased vehicles but didn’t change their leasing policy.
Without making a huge leap in imagination, I’d guess the leasing policy didn’t change because their ultimate plan for leased vehicles as robotaxies hasn’t changed only the timing.