If you give your work away for free then you are signalling to the world that the value of your work is $0. So don’t get surprised or complain when the world th

If you give your work away for free then you are signalling to the world that the value of your work is $0. So don’t get surprised or complain when the world then treats your work as being worth nothing and therefore unworthy of support. You are effectively devaluations the skills, work, and income potential of yourself and everybody else doing similar work.