Sure, you COULD fork your favorite tool's repository ... to make it do 'what you want ...’ few people are really willing and/or able to do that. Free software

Sure, you COULD fork your favorite tool's repository ... to make it do 'what you want ...’ few people are really willing and/or able to do that. Free software makes it possible for me (my business, etc) to pay someone other than the original developer to make the software do what I want. No proprietary license gets me that. In the context of personal use software by an individual it may not make sense to pay, but in the context of groups of individuals or a business it becomes viable.