Rather than "taking [his] marbles and going home" isn't it more like he's exercising his right to finally get paid after working for free for the benefit of oth

Rather than "taking [his] marbles and going home" isn't it more like he's exercising his right to finally get paid after working for free for the benefit of others (including, presumably, many commercial users who aren't kicking in a cent) for a very long time?