Your entire premise is flawed imo. >If everybody gave the same money to free software developers, they'd have plenty of resources to build interfaces that are

Your entire premise is flawed imo. >If everybody gave the same money to free software developers, they'd have plenty of resources to build interfaces that are more to your satisfaction. You're just arguing to pay for software, but in a more roundabout way. And again, great looking software existed far before the popularity rise in always-online.