Major parts of the firmware were licensed, I assume for time-to-market reasons. Some of the license issues are also AFAIK due to how, somehow, we let entertainment industry strangle hold us - both ME and PSP now have code involved in setting up "protected av path" which is queried by streaming services et al - and if it's not found, you don't get to play 4k media (at least, afaik, with Netflix, it's 4k).
AMD could release a friendlier version but it would not be able to do what majoroty of the market expects it to do.
n.b. there are license-built cpus that have alternative firmware in PSP, but it's also closed and they are not really available on open market.