For any given software thing you can 1) pay for the cathedral 2) use the bazaar, possibly needing to seed it 3) do without Since 1) is typically very expens

For any given software thing you can 1) pay for the cathedral 2) use the bazaar, possibly needing to seed it 3) do without Since 1) is typically very expensive and lacks guarantees of suitability to purpose and continued existence, the ROI is so massively negative few can even try it. 3) often isn't an option. the bazaar is an inevitability. No one has been mandating it for past decades. No laws enforce it. It occurs cause it is the only available/possible option.