That's like saying there is no middle ground between product X being free and being infinitely expensive. Even if product X has a price I can afford, I have to

That's like saying there is no middle ground between product X being free and being infinitely expensive. Even if product X has a price I can afford, I have to consider the trade-offs between buying it and other uses for my money. If it's free, though, there are no trade-offs. If somebody can break my crypto, fine, but I want them to expend valuable resources on it so they won't do it for shits and giggles.