Eternal debate, but the partisans of paying everything usually have Silicon Valley level salaries. For other people there are just too many things to pay for.

Eternal debate, but the partisans of paying everything usually have Silicon Valley level salaries. For other people there are just too many things to pay for. So it's either free or they do without. If I take my case, C# dev in a small town in the east of France, I have about 100€ of monthly disposable income. I choose my battles huh expenses very carefully and compared to people around me I'm not an outlier.