What's the point of living in an artifical bubble leading people down the wrong path? Building software doesn't guarantee that it's worth anything to anyone el

What's the point of living in an artifical bubble leading people down the wrong path? Building software doesn't guarantee that it's worth anything to anyone else. If it is and is meaningfully better than free alternatives they will pay. If not then that's literally the life of an 'entrepreneur'. Similarly with OSS, no one de facto deserves funding just because they maintain open source software, popular or not. And if you think that companies will support you and play ball with your own whims then you're living in a fantasy world. The crux is the naivety of the people involved. If you don't like that CompanyX will use or fork your code with no financial contributions then don't use those licenses and roll the dice to see how that works out for you like any other business. Those freedoms they grant you are granted to everyone whether a one man band or a global enterprise. If you want to play pick and choose then you're using the wrong definition of 'free'