> If you were to walk into a store that said "please support the creator" as payment, your shelves would be empty. Yes, but that's because when you take a phys

> If you were to walk into a store that said "please support the creator" as payment, your shelves would be empty. Yes, but that's because when you take a physical good off the shelf there isn't still a copy on the shelf. Software does not have this problem. > Or in other words if software costed no money and always relied on donation, you'd be bankrupt. There are obvious examples that contradict your point: Linus and The Toady One come immediately to mind. Though, admittedly, they are outliers.