Consider the games industry: unpaid modders motivated by passion or boredom used to fix bugs, add features, etc. And they did it much better than modern game c

Consider the games industry: unpaid modders motivated by passion or boredom used to fix bugs, add features, etc. And they did it much better than modern game companies do. Modern game companies restrict modding specifically to choke out the competition, they can't compete with modders. They're not as motivated or creative as the modders, they're not nearly as free to add niche features that only a small handful of people might appreciate because that's not economical. But modders don't have to care about what is economical and are free to pursue odd unproven ideas. Many commercialized game genres today were invented by modders years ago during the heyday of modding. Relying on commercial developers to do everything strangles and ossifies culture.