There are so many people out there who are now technology practitioners because they had a chance to self-train on the same tools that professionals use, which

There are so many people out there who are now technology practitioners because they had a chance to self-train on the same tools that professionals use, which are freely available at no cost since paid software is vastly more expensive than they could ever hope to afford. Programmers aren't stupid, we are fortunate that we can make our living using the software we build rather than being forced to sell it. Open-source software is a gift to the world and humanity. But of course there is going to be the peanut gallery that thinks everything should be profitized.