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One counterexample doesn't make an argument "weak", if there are thousands of cases to the contrary. About what percentage of FOSS developers do you suppose ma

One counterexample doesn't make an argument "weak", if there are thousands of cases to the contrary. About what percentage of FOSS developers do you suppose make a living wage from their software? It's like pointing to a successful pop singer or pro athlete as an example of how it's possible to get rich doing those things. Possible? Certainly -- but only a minuscule percentage of the kids who start out in sports or music ever make it.

yellowapple 5y ago
> One counterexample doesn't make an argument "weak", if there are thousands of cases to the contrary. Are there "thousands of cases to the contrary", though? About what percentage of FOSS developers do you suppose even try making payment a prerequisite for a ready-to-run official binary? Or for that matter, about what percentage even attempts to monetize at all? That's what makes the argument weak: it reeks strongly of "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas".