> * En-masse community memebers get nothing from contrubuting to projects while doing a lot of work for free. One may argue that in return they get polished pro

> * En-masse community memebers get nothing from contrubuting to projects while doing a lot of work for free. One may argue that in return they get polished product, but in reality that's far from true. If you frame it like that, sounds like people are forced to work for free, think about other open source advantages, for example the freedom to customise the software to your needs without questions asked. You can fix a bug that is blocking you for doing something, instead of waiting a big company to prioritise your little problem. And that's just the first that comes to my mind, there are much more. But I understand that your statment seems to come from a frustating experience, I'm curious about what was that product.