> Have I been spoiled by FOSS? And am I being selfish for wishing these high-quality apps were free? Yes. Even as a FOSS user, you should try to support the so

> Have I been spoiled by FOSS? And am I being selfish for wishing these high-quality apps were free? Yes. Even as a FOSS user, you should try to support the software you use (donations, contributing code, linking to the project on your websites, etc.) Even though project maintainers may love the coding part of the work, there are always not-fun parts that they have to do as well (responding to hostile users, responding to bug reports, etc.) If you get value from those things, you should contribute back to the person building it. When it comes to Mac, I think the user base is small enough that you can't rely on 0.01% of your users giving you donations. > Also, an opinion question: would it be unethical for someone to clone (non-unique) features from paid apps and then release the software for free? No. In fact, this is how a lot of FOSS begins life.